![]() If I connect my router to my PC, I'm stuck with 10/100 speeds, even if gigabit is working fine between the My Cloud and the router. Problem is a lot of routers (like mine) only have ONE gigabit port. That means another Cat5e/Cat6 cable running from your router to your device. You also need a gigabit connection from your router to whatever device you're streaming/transferring to. The connection between your router and your receiving end (PC/laptop/tablet/phone) isn't gigabit. Cheap cables might not give you the required results However the cable included with the My Cloud IS a Cat 5e cable and should work fine with gigabit, having tested it myself.ģ. There are also various reports about the quality of cables being a factor. You need a Cat 5e or Cat 6 ethernet cable, or gigabit won't work even if you are connected to a gigabit enabled port. Obviously, if you plug the My Cloud into a 10/100 port, it's limited to 10/100 speeds.Ģ. On my router I have four slower 10/100 ports and only one gigabit port. Only quite recent routers have gigabit ports, and even then usually not all of the ports are gigabit enabled. ![]() So why are you limited to 10/100? The reasons could be:ġ. If it's a brighter yellow/green colour similar to the activity light, then you're gigabit enabled. If it's a dull amber looking colour, that means you're connected via 10/100 and your speed is limited. ![]() Ignore that one and look at the bottom light. There are 2 lights next to the ethernet port. To check, look at the back of the My Cloud. I imagine a lot of people are buying the My Cloud expecting the quoted transfer speeds and being hugely disappointed when they're capped at around 12.5MBps. At it's peak, that means a 10GB 1080 movie file will transfer in just over 13 minutes on 10/100 ethernet, but barely over 1 minute on gigabit. Most older routers are limited to 10/100 ethernet, which is limited to 100Mbps (megabits), or 12.5MBps (megabytes). That means it can potentially transfer up to 1000Mbps (megabits), or roughly 125MBps (megabytes). The My Cloud is a gigabit ethernet device. Ethernet is the standard internet cable you plug into the bag of your router to connect to your PC or from the My Cloud to your router. 100Mbps (bits) actually translates to a transfer speed of about 12.5MBps. For example a transfer speed of 100Mbps is not the same as 100MBps. ![]() Transfer speeds are often quoted in bits rather than bytes, yet file sizes are commonly known in terms of bytes. I think a lot of confusion is created by the difference between megaBITS and megaBYTES. Put simply, if you're not using the latest technology, you're not going to be able to take full advantage of the My Cloud or any other NAS device. This is mainly due to variations in people's network setups/speeds. I can see a lot of conflicting reviews, as there are with most NAS devices. The guide's at: I've not given the product 5 stars because there is no Linux support (in spite of this being a Linux product!) and I had to spend a few hours working things out for myself and the designers have removed the button to shut down the unit meaning you either have to leave it on permanently, power it off while running - hoping nothing important was being written at the time or write you own script to shut it down. ![]() I've put together a blog with a step-by-step guide for setting up a home network using this product with the cheaper Western Digital Elements USB drive (also available on Amazon) as a mirror drive automatically recognised and powered by the My Cloud NAS when you plug it into the NAS USB socket. It allows for NFS network access and ssh remote shell. The NAS is a server running one of the Debian Linux OSs. We are only using Linux Mint 8 OS on our i7 mini PC's at home and it works well. We have a shared area for movies, music, photos and shared docs and a private space for each of us. We have one set up on our home network with each PC mounting shares on the server. I include a picture as a reference re the size. Very quiet (even next to our solid state, fanless mini PCs!) and neat looking. This is a neat little network available storage unit. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2016 ![]()
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