networking ports

[Eviltoon]

on my computers and my network drives. i have 2 network port can I use them both to increase my network speed for  download and upload of files. if you can how 

[Lurick]

No, link aggregation doesn't work that way. While SMBv3 technically has the ability for local transfers I don't believe it's implemented anywhere yet.

[Eviltoon]

why have 2 ?

[Lurick]

Just now, Eviltoon said:

why have 2 ?

redundancy

[Oshino Shinobu]

3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

No, link aggregation doesn't work that way. While SMBv3 technically has the ability for local transfers I don't believe it's implemented anywhere yet.

SMB3 Multichannel is supported In Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 and newer. It's enabled by default and should work, provided your systems have multiple RSS compatible NICs. 

 

I've not used it myself, but theoretically, in a Windows 2012/8 + environment, it should work without any manual configuration. 

[Eviltoon]

so if I connect the 2 ports the my switch from the computers and network drives what will happen if I turn them on together ?

[Lurick]

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

SMB3 Multichannel is supported In Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 and newer. It's enabled by default and should work, provided your systems have multiple RSS compatible NICs. 

 

I've not used it myself, but theoretically, in a Windows 2012/8 + environment, it should work without any manual configuration. 

Good to know, I've been meaning to look into the multichannel support but always forget to check.

[Windows7ge]

10 minutes ago, Lurick said:

No, link aggregation doesn't work that way. While SMBv3 technically has the ability for local transfers I don't believe it's implemented anywhere yet.

 

4 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

SMB3 Multichannel is supported In Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 and newer. It's enabled by default and should work, provided your systems have multiple RSS compatible NICs. 

 

I've not used it myself, but theoretically, in a Windows 2012/8 + environment, it should work without any manual configuration. 

It's also available and works in FreeNAS and should work on other distributions (like Ubuntu Server) that use SAMBA. However it is not enabled by default like how it is on Windows you have to add a line to the smb*.cofig file.

[Eviltoon]

I am running windows 10 and unraid on my computers and network NAS

[manikyath]

if both sides support SMBv3 you can attempt on using that. check your unraid configuration to enable it on that side, windows has it enabled by default.

 

mind you that you might run into storage speed bottlenecks real quick if you're running mechanical storage. 

[Windows7ge]

15 minutes ago, Eviltoon said:

I am running windows 10 and unraid on my computers and network NAS

You will have to check and verify that UnRAID supports SMB3.0 Multi-channel.

 

It's worth noting due to the fact UnRAID is very much not Windows you may run into a similar problem I did with FreeNAS where you cannot allow all the interfaces to collect an IP via DHCP. You may have to create a /30 subnet on a separate network for the second set of interfaces.

[Eviltoon]

My network is set up like (the Norton core router the switch and 4 desk top computers and one laptop computer and two network drive and 1 server. the switch is manage

[Windows7ge]

15 minutes ago, Eviltoon said:

My network is set up like (the Norton core router the switch and 4 desk top computers and one laptop computer and two network drive and 1 server. the switch is manage

If you're lucky UnRAID will support it and won't care if all the interfaces are on the same network but if it does a managed switch is still not necessary. Setting one interface on each machine to a Static IP will suffice. The switch won't care and the rest of your network won't care but if you'd like to put the two interfaces on their own VLAN you can.

[Eviltoon]

My network is set up like (the Norton core router the switch and 4 desk top computers and one laptop computer and two network drive and 1 server. the switch is manage

[Windows7ge]

13 minutes ago, Eviltoon said:

My network is set up like (the Norton core router the switch and 4 desk top computers and one laptop computer and two network drive and 1 server. the switch is manage

Ok. So what else do you need help with? What is the next step?

[Eviltoon]

I am good now