Synology NAS 5.5 hrs to Backup 250GB?????

[Spud1]

Sounds like a switch is the way forward - i need one to connect a wired network to the rest of the house anyways - is something like this the best solution?

Netgear 8 Port GS108UK Gigabit 10/100/1000 ProSafe Unmanaged Switch
8 Port Netgear GS108UK Gigabit 10/100/1000 ProSafe Unmanaged Switch


£57.00

Depends how many ports you need If just 8 then that would do you fine.

I recently wired up my house but needed a total of 17 sockets even for a small house - 5 by the TV (consoles/sky/popcorn hr etc), 2 by the sofa, 2 in the hall, 2 in the kitchen, 4 in the bedroom (2 by bed, 2 where TV is), and 2 ports in the office for the computer.

All adds up so you might want a slightly bigger one. I think netgear do a 16 port one, or for ~ £180 you can get a 24 port HP one (fanless) like this if you shop around. I have that one and i'ts working great for me http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...LAID=405928042

[Syd]

Depends how many ports you need If just 8 then that would do you fine.

I recently wired up my house but needed a total of 17 sockets even for a small house - 5 by the TV (consoles/sky/popcorn hr etc), 2 by the sofa, 2 in the hall, 2 in the kitchen, 4 in the bedroom (2 by bed, 2 where TV is), and 2 ports in the office for the computer.

All adds up so you might want a slightly bigger one. I think netgear do a 16 port one, or for ~ £180 you can get a 24 port HP one (fanless) like this if you shop around. I have that one and i'ts working great for me http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...LAID=405928042

Thanks buddy

Lol 24 ports, i will give this some thought, I thought I was building in redundancy with 8

[Spud1]

It sounds a lot but trust me - if you are going to the hassle of running cat5e (cat5e is fine for gigabit, and at £35 for 300m its a lot cheaper than cat6) you should be running double what you think you will need at first - it's much cheaper than running more cable.

Someone on this forum told me that when I was planning..and I definitely don't regret it - I could even do with 2 more ports due to furniture placement (this is just a 2up-2 down style house!)

Also running to a synology Diskstation too btw, 410j..not tested read/write performance but it does it's job nicely enough for the things I backup.

[MSIC]

Edit: oops, hadn't read recent posts correctly !

Ps I'm sure I saw that netgear on a today only, or similar earlier. Will look in to that b

[Syd]

This sounds like a silly question even as I type it I am sure there is an obvious answer, but say you have 10 points around the house with standard square plates mounted on the wall.............

What happens at the switch point location - surely you dont have 10 plates alongside on the wall ?

[blueball]

You would use something like this or this.

[Syd]

Sorry for being stupid - but how would that interface with a wall?

[blueball]

Sorry for being stupid - but how would that interface with a wall?

Its not a stupid question. The concentrator panels aren't really suited to wall mounting. You would more likely put them in a cupboard and have the switch in there as well. There is no need to have the switch near you.