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<blockquote data-quote="Lbatson21" data-source="post: 1259354" data-attributes="member: 169331"><p>If you have a gigabit router and the NAS is gigabit it will be substantially better than 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (which oddly enough is known as Fast Ethernet lol.) You also have to make sure whatever device you connect to the router is gigabit as well to take advantage of it. Overhead he is talking about is in terms of system resources bogging things down, distance in relation to router (signal capacity), network traffic, and so on.(Generally though I wouldn't think this would hinder you that much though and would certainly be an improvement on what you have now) I run my NAS on gigabit with cat6 to the router just to maximize potential throughput. Now if you're talking wireless access then things get even slower b/c of the maximum wireless throughput of 300Mbps on N based routers is all you can get (some routers now offer 450Mbps but I believe you also have to have a compatible receiver) You have a wireless G router (maximum 54Mbps) which is what is making it even slower and creating a bottleneck. You can definitely improve your network throughput speeds by upgrading to a gigabit capable N router. I would also suggest running a dual band router on 5GHz to maximize throughput speed, but 5GHz has a very short range so get ready to set up repeaters or be close to the router when connected. Otherwise the regular 2.4GHz spectrum would at least double or triple your current wireless throughput speeds and you would see significant gain with a wired connection on gigabit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lbatson21, post: 1259354, member: 169331"] If you have a gigabit router and the NAS is gigabit it will be substantially better than 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (which oddly enough is known as Fast Ethernet lol.) You also have to make sure whatever device you connect to the router is gigabit as well to take advantage of it. Overhead he is talking about is in terms of system resources bogging things down, distance in relation to router (signal capacity), network traffic, and so on.(Generally though I wouldn't think this would hinder you that much though and would certainly be an improvement on what you have now) I run my NAS on gigabit with cat6 to the router just to maximize potential throughput. Now if you're talking wireless access then things get even slower b/c of the maximum wireless throughput of 300Mbps on N based routers is all you can get (some routers now offer 450Mbps but I believe you also have to have a compatible receiver) You have a wireless G router (maximum 54Mbps) which is what is making it even slower and creating a bottleneck. You can definitely improve your network throughput speeds by upgrading to a gigabit capable N router. I would also suggest running a dual band router on 5GHz to maximize throughput speed, but 5GHz has a very short range so get ready to set up repeaters or be close to the router when connected. Otherwise the regular 2.4GHz spectrum would at least double or triple your current wireless throughput speeds and you would see significant gain with a wired connection on gigabit. [/QUOTE]
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