Hi guys,
Any help appreciated with this, as im not sure whats up!

I have a popcorn hour C-200, had this since release (2010) and have got to know it as well as i needed.
Always had a 2TB drive installed, transfer pc>pch, bit slow at 10ish mb/s but no problems.

The drive was starting to get full (1.5TB), so i decided to get a NAS (Seagate business 2 bay - more or less a blackarmour update i believe)

Connected it up to my router, and the speeds were pathetic for transfer, sub 1mb/s and as the drive in the pch is ext3 it is slow to copy in windows even on usb3.0.

So i grab a GB switch, even though the router has one (linksys WAG320N) and the speeds are actually worse!
Before i gave up i unplugged the router, and presto! Stable 13.5MB/s!
I guess this is pretty good as the PCH only runs at 100M (they never got the GB working AFAIK)

So my question is, why would the router slow things down? i thought it would make no difference when connected to the switch!

And any tips on how to improve future transfer rates from my PC>NAS appreciated, both are GB Lan.
All running on cat6 also!

I am so out of the loop with pc stuff now!

Thanks guys

network card properties - set speed from auto to 100mb


maybe try


https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/smart-metering-equipment-technical-specifications-second-version


typical lazy microsoft programmers

Gave it a try, knocked 40% off the speeds.
PC>NAS is more than fast enough at the moment so once all is transferred i should be fine!

do both devices offer an ssh interface? if so, ssh into one, then from that ssh into the other and do the copy that way. flood two network connections, not three.

Dont think so buddy, all is well now, i just do not understand why adding the router to the switch slowed things down so much, the BB was not being used, and when it is, its wireless!

Quote from: Rhino on December 03, 2013, 08:35:07 AM
Dont think so buddy, all is well now, i just do not understand why adding the router to the switch slowed things down so much, the BB was not being used, and when it is, its wireless!

is there a setting in the router to set it to 100mbit? Its obviously causing the bottleneck.

Quote from: Eggtastico on December 03, 2013, 16:14:02 PM

Quote from: Rhino on December 03, 2013, 08:35:07 AM
Dont think so buddy, all is well now, i just do not understand why adding the router to the switch slowed things down so much, the BB was not being used, and when it is, its wireless!

is there a setting in the router to set it to 100mbit? Its obviously causing the bottleneck.

Check duplex too. Chances are auto neg is just buggering up.