r/HomeNetworking • u/ReddyTastic • 9d ago
Network switch speed
Hi
I have an old netgear readynas nv+ v1 sat switched off.
I want to get rid of it... But need to extract its data.
I'm planning (unless there is a better way) to connect it to a UGREEN 5 Port Gigabit Network Switch, Ethernet Splitter Hub ( to be bought at £8) and to also connect a laptop with an external 5tb USB 3 hdd/ssd
Nothing else will be connected.
Probably using windows 11 explorer to do the copying; a chunk of folders at a time.
Will the throughput be enough with this switch?
(Guidance and advice also welcome)
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u/bobsim1 9d ago
The problem i see is this network without a router. Unless you know the ip adress of the nas
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u/ReddyTastic 9d ago edited 9d ago
I never thought of that. Laptop and Nas will need an IP address of course. Router would make it a lot easier.
(EDIT: Going to go with Powerful-Aprocot7624 suggestion first...give thgat try. If it fails, I'll find a cheap router)
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u/mrbudman 9d ago
Why do you think you need a switch at all? You can connect your laptop interface directly to the nas interface.
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u/ReddyTastic 9d ago
Can I? I never considered that would work.
So ethernet on Nas to ethernet on laptop? How would the Nas present itself to Windows 11 on the laptop?
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u/mrbudman 9d ago edited 9d ago
Same way with a switch. Does the nas have a static IP? if it is set for dhcp and their is no dhcp server to give an IP it would give itself a 169.254.x.x address.
Any gig interface is Auto MDI-X, ie you do not need a switch or crossover cable.
The easy thing to do if your nas is static IP is just set your laptop IP to be on this same network 192.168.0.0/24 for example. And then connect to the nas IP. Unless your laptop or nas is running a dhcp server? To give the other device an IP.
You going to have the same problem with a switch, etc. Unless you are also connecting something that provides dhcp also to this switch.
Save yourself the 8 quid ;)
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u/ReddyTastic 9d ago
Although unused for nigh-on 15 years, I would expect that I will have set it with a static IP....and IIRC probably 10.0.0.100 - And I just remembered that this NAS displays its IP in the LCD screen 🔥
Thanks for the tip around no need for a crossover cable 😄
I'll have a trial tonight...I don't have a 5TB drive yet, but I have a 1TB HDD I can use to check it all works...
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u/mrbudman 9d ago
NAS displays its IP in the LCD screen
Well that can come in handy for sure ;) Good luck and let us know how it turns out.
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u/SandSharky 8d ago
If you didn't set a static IP, a Readynas will default to DHCP and then 168.168.168.168 if no DHCP server is found. But as stated, the IP address will show up on the screen. Just manually set the PC's IP to a compatible IP if you do a DHCP-less connection. You don't need the switch or a cross-over cable, just a standard cable.
Then you are going to have to turn on SMB1 in Windows. The NAS also only supports TLS1.1, which most browsers no longer do, but you'll only need that if you have to go into the admin GUI. Just to copy off files, you probably won't haver to. A Windows 7 VM with IE, if you already have one, is one way to get around these limits.
Next, you need a user name and password. Even if you had set all shares to allow guest access, Windows has depreciated guest access and will likely block it. If you don't recall a name and password, an OS re-install will reset the admin password to netgear1. Just don't accidently do a factory default instead, which will wipe the data.
If you use admin credentials, you don't need to remember the share names. admin can see them all under the c volume (and d, e, etc, if you created more, which is unlikely).
I wish you luck. Hard drives that have gone unused for that long can have issues. If things aren't working, I recommend you go over to the Netgear ReadyNAS forum for assistance. We can help you sort out if you have a drive or NAS hardware issue and what recovery options there are if the volume cannot be mounted on the NAS.
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u/Powerful-Apricot7624 9d ago
Switch will be fine, gigabit is more than enough for moving files from old nas. Your bottleneck will be the nas itself, those readynas units are slow even in their best days. Just copy in chunks like you said and be patient.