NAS with DUAL LAN port

ajishtay · Oct 15, 2013

Hello everyone I'm new here, hope you can help me out with my issue.

So I have bought a new NAS (SYNOLOGY DS2413+) that comes with 2 LAN ports. I have connected it to the HUB, on each computer that is connected to the HUB, only one LAN port is found, so only one ethernet cable is connected. When I try to add the NAS to the network, it was clear that there is 2 IP each one the each LAN port I guess.

My question is, can I work wit a transmission rate of 200 MB? or I am restricted to only 100MB since each pc contains only one LAN port?

Beachnative · Oct 15, 2013

Yep you sure can... look up link aggregation

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choucove · Oct 16, 2013

The short answer is yes. However, this requires a lot more than just a Synology unit with link aggregation support. You also need a SWITCH with link aggregation support to get the proper throughput, otherwise in reality you aren't getting any improved throughput over individual gigabit network connections.

First off, are you actually using hubs or switches connecting your devices? If you are using hubs, get rid of them and put in a decent switch. A hub will re-broadcast ALL network traffic coming from each port to all other ports meaning tons of network traffic unnecessary. Also, if you're only operating at a 10/100 network link speed, there's no real benefit seen going to link aggregation (if possible) compared to just getting a cheap gigabit switch.

Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is supported in many different smart and managed switches, but not unmanaged switches, so if this is something you really want to set up you will probably need to find something that is managed with LACP support. This combines the two NICs on the NAS into a single virtual network adapter with twice the throughput, which also means a single IP address for all of your devices to communicate to. Alternatively, if you can't set up LACP, you can set up some of your devices to connect to your NAS via one of the IP addresses, while other devices connect to the other IP address. This is a more manual way of load balancing your bandwidth usage without the need for additional network hardware or configuration.

Beachnative · Oct 16, 2013

choucove :

The short answer is yes. However, this requires a lot more than just a Synology unit with link aggregation support. You also need a SWITCH with link aggregation support to get the proper throughput, otherwise in reality you aren't getting any improved throughput over individual gigabit network connections.

First off, are you actually using hubs or switches connecting your devices? If you are using hubs, get rid of them and put in a decent switch. A hub will re-broadcast ALL network traffic coming from each port to all other ports meaning tons of network traffic unnecessary. Also, if you're only operating at a 10/100 network link speed, there's no real benefit seen going to link aggregation (if possible) compared to just getting a cheap gigabit switch.

Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is supported in many different smart and managed switches, but not unmanaged switches, so if this is something you really want to set up you will probably need to find something that is managed with LACP support. This combines the two NICs on the NAS into a single virtual network adapter with twice the throughput, which also means a single IP address for all of your devices to communicate to. Alternatively, if you can't set up LACP, you can set up some of your devices to connect to your NAS via one of the IP addresses, while other devices connect to the other IP address. This is a more manual way of load balancing your bandwidth usage without the need for additional network hardware or configuration.

Great catch on the hub!!! And thank you for informing me about LACP....now I have to see if my JGS 524 Netgear 24 port gigabit switvh supports it

rockit99 · Mar 20, 2014

choucove :

The short answer is yes. However, this requires a lot more than just a Synology unit with link aggregation support. You also need a SWITCH with link aggregation support to get the proper throughput, otherwise in reality you aren't getting any improved throughput over individual gigabit network connections.

First off, are you actually using hubs or switches connecting your devices? If you are using hubs, get rid of them and put in a decent switch. A hub will re-broadcast ALL network traffic coming from each port to all other ports meaning tons of network traffic unnecessary. Also, if you're only operating at a 10/100 network link speed, there's no real benefit seen going to link aggregation (if possible) compared to just getting a cheap gigabit switch.

Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is supported in many different smart and managed switches, but not unmanaged switches, so if this is something you really want to set up you will probably need to find something that is managed with LACP support. This combines the two NICs on the NAS into a single virtual network adapter with twice the throughput, which also means a single IP address for all of your devices to communicate to. Alternatively, if you can't set up LACP, you can set up some of your devices to connect to your NAS via one of the IP addresses, while other devices connect to the other IP address. This is a more manual way of load balancing your bandwidth usage without the need for additional network hardware or configuration.

I just came across this while looking for info on exactly this subject. Thank you for such an informative answer! In the studio that we have the same Synology installed we also have two ADSL lines. I believe we can aggregate those too. I've seen 'load balancing' routers which appear to do this, is this correct? Many thanks.

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