Just installed my new EX2. Everything is wired to the network (have not used WiFi devices yet) and the transfer speeds that I am getting are not even remotely close to Gigabyte.
Granted - the NIC on my laptop (wired) is 10/100, but the transfer speeds are maxed at 10-11 mb.
There are two switches between laptop and EX2, but both are Gigabyte switches, so based on the laptop NIC, I would expect much higher speeds (40-50 mb, if not faster).
Any idea what can cause it and if there is a way to fix it?
Any idea?
It just won’t pass the 10-12 Mb in total transfer. I can transfer several files at once, the total speeds of all transfer won’t pass 10-12. I can transfer a folder with files in it, it starts at 10-11, then I add another folder so the speed just drops.
Screen shot below shows a current upload of 5 concurrent uploads and the ridiculous network speed.
I have the same slow transfer speeds since last firmware update. Did you start with firmware 2.30.174? As far as I can recall network speeds where much higher in previous firmwares.
@JooGhum - well, stupid me, I did not write down or even paid attention to the firmware that it came with. I just opened the box (after watching several reviews online) and immediately noticed the Alert Message about a firmware update and went with it.
And I checked another laptop, different brand, much newer, also with a 10/100 NIC and I am getting the same exact speeds.
Network transfer speed 100 Mbps
Attained transfer speeds 10=12 MB/s
Please note there is a difference between Mbps and MB/s
100Mbps / 8 = 12.5 MB/s (theoretical; actual is a bit less due to traffic overhead)
You are attaining the maximum speed of your connection.
If you want faster transfers (if attainable by your hardware) you need to use a faster connection.
I can attain 118MB/s transfer speeds on my gigabit connection (synthetic; actual file transfer is about 108MB/s) which is very close to the theoretical speed limit.
I set my Intel NIC to 100Mbps Full Duplex and averaged 9-10MB/sec with uploads (to same NAS).
7.83MB/sec is not unreasonable as there are other factors to take into consideration (type of NIC, switch, wires, etc).
Essentially you are quite limited by your 100Mbps connection (this is a significant bottleneck), and your reported speeds are acceptable for a 100Mbps connection.
If you have any USB 3.0 ports on your laptop you can get a gigabit network adapter and this should help your speeds significantly.
