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So I have a Synology NAS that's connected to a TP-Link TL-SG105 5 port switch. It has two ports to my two laptops and one port for internet from the media panel out in my garage.

So the 4th port is for the NAS and I am getting very iffy connections.

Do I need to upgrade to a better switch? If so, which one do you folks reco?

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13 minutes ago, fun_two said:

So I have a Synology NAS that's connected to a TP-Link TL-SG105 5 port switch. It has two ports to my two laptops and one port for internet from the media panel out in my garage.

So the 4th port is for the NAS and I am getting very iffy connections.

Do I need to upgrade to a better switch? If so, which one do you folks reco?

It shouldn’t be an issue with the switch, possibly try a different Ethernet cable?

 

And define iffy, what is it doing?

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All ethernet cables that I use are 5e, brand new ones.

 

Iffy is sometimes it connects, sometimes it doesnt. "connected is not restored". 

I turned off my work laptop and I have a steady connection. So I am guessing I need a between switch to handle all the simultaneous traffic.

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6 hours ago, fun_two said:

All ethernet cables that I use are 5e, brand new ones.

 

Iffy is sometimes it connects, sometimes it doesnt. "connected is not restored". 

I turned off my work laptop and I have a steady connection. So I am guessing I need a between switch to handle all the simultaneous traffic.

Unlkely, even a cheap switch can handle 100m cable runs, unless the cable is defective.

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14 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Unlkely, even a cheap switch can handle 100m cable runs, unless the cable is defective.

I am getting another switch today, hopefully that would work. Cable defective is all around bad news for me.

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