Advice please.

aj2703

aj2703

aj2703

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Hi.

I just purchased a UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus. I can only get a 1Gps connection which I think is caused by my router. The Virgin media 3.0 hub.

I have ordered the 5x Hub which I gather should support the 10gps speed. I have also ordered a Cat 8 cable, over kill i know but at £20 for 10M I am not complaining.

I have also connected the NAS to my router with the supplied cat 7 cable which are both downstairs. I run a cable cat 5 i think it is from the living room upstairs to my bedroom which is where I have my main PC. The cable goes into a Netgear GS108 switch which I gather does not support the 10GbE speed either. I plan to change that cable for the cat 8 one purchased.

This is where I need help as I think this will be the bottleneck after the router has arrived.

Can you guys recommend a switch that is upto the job and also advise me if I have missed something.
 
Do you not need cat 8 cables, save money and get 5e or 6 instead.

Far easier to connect the 5x hub into a cheap 2.5 GbE switch, or 10 GbE but dear ending in HDD setup you may not see the full 10 Gbps.
 
The cables are arriving today. Like I said only £20 for 10M so I won't worry about that.

I am more concerned with getting a high speed connection between my upstairs PC and the NAS box downstairs for file transfers.

Not sure if I am doing it right as I am not experienced with this. I am also looking at the back of the 5x hub and it seems to be vastly different from the 3.0 box and I am not sure if my TV etc will work without other adaptors..?
 
Cat8 for consumer install doesn’t make sense unless you are building a data centre and have professional network experience and installation equipment and tools.
 
How on earth did you have the sense to ask for advice, but manage to make such awful choices before you did?

Let’s start with the obvious, you wasted £20 on a pointless cable, 5e does 10Gb (assuming it’s not CCA) or some ridiculous length run. As you say you need adapters for the 5x, would I be right in thinking VM didn’t supply it to you? If so, that’s stolen property and will never work on your account as the MAC needs to be registered on ICOMS/NAGRA and they will never do that for you.

What you needed was a sub £32 2.5Gb switch that would be delivered next day, it would come with 4x2.5Gb ports and 2xSFP+, you connect the router to one port, the PC and NAS to two others and if you need more, the existing Netgear switch to the latter. Anything ‘on switch’ like the NAS and PC (assuming the PC has 2.5Gb) can then communicate at the headline speed, assuming the drives can keep up on both ends.
 
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