Changing Windows settings to support a 10GB link
Changing Windows settings to support a 10GB link
I'm not sure if a similar thread exists. You have two 10GB NICs—one on your Windows 10 machine and the other in your Unraid NAS. I watched Linus's video about 10GB, but I'm confused about updating the hosts file to make Windows use the 10GB link. My NAS is connected via 1GB links, but I want to rely on 10GB as the main connection when I'm on my home PC. If you could help me with this, it would be really appreciated.
I recently reversed the setup, connecting a 2.5Gbit main link with a 1Gbit second link straight to my NAS. This helped distribute the workload across various shares. I created a separate subnet for the second link and used IP addresses to reach the shares.
Utilized separate subnets for the 10GbE connection, then relied solely on IP addresses instead of hostnames.
I performed two actions: I transferred the 10gb NIC to eth0 in Unraid, and I set the 10gb NIC on my Home PC to the metric 10. Now I’m receiving around 700mbs, which is decent for moving from a RAM disk to an NVMe SSD that came from my Lenovo laptop. @Windows7ge mentioned this and it was straightforward. @BloodKnight7 helped, but I’m still struggling to grasp the subnet concept. I appreciate @Electronics Wizardy and @Alex Atkin UK for their advice, though I’m still trying to make sense of the subnet mask. If anyone could clarify, it would really help.
Typically, you employ a /24 network, meaning the subnet ranges from 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.255. You might also create another subnet from 192.168.5.0 to 192.168.5.255 for high-speed connections. The devices running on these systems have specific IP addresses within their assigned ranges. An alternative approach involves using one system as a switch and connecting the other via a 10GbE link.
Checked the peer-to-peer setup on YouTube. Configured PC at 10.10.10.10 and unRAID at 10.10.10.20, then connected shared drives.
Fascinating. The device responded correctly and the connection remained stable when I traced the network through its IP address, achieving solid performance.