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From: Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net>
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Subject: Re: Network Question
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:43:45 +0000
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On 09/03/14 21:19, RJH wrote:
>> Look at the "errors" - should be 0 or near enough.
>>
>
> Mmmm. I don't seem to get anything for wlan, or error reports:
>
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>      options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
>      inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>      inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>      inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>      nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
> gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
> stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
> en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>      options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING>
>      ether d4:9a:20:d0:42:65
>      inet6 fe80::d69a:20ff:fed0:4265%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
>      inet 192.168.1.67 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
>      nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
>      media: autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control>)
>      status: active
> en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>      ether 04:1e:64:f1:5b:bc
>      inet6 fe80::61e:64ff:fef1:5bbc%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
>      inet 192.168.1.64 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
>      nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
>      media: autoselect
>      status: active

Mac? It's going to be en0 or en1 IIRC. Curious there is no error field - 
perhaps a Mac person could add a comment?

>
> It's quite tricky to run cables directly. I'll give it a try at some
> point though, thanks.
>
> As things are, the Network ethernet speed is listed as 1000baseT on the
> iMac, and 100baseTX on the Mac Mini. Very roughly, the speed
> transferring files to/from the NAS is 1GB/min with the iMac, and about
> 200MB/min with the Mac Mini. I've tried connecting the Mini directly to
> the NAS - much the same result.
>
> So, the problem seems to be the Mac Mini, or the connection it makes to
> the network. And I can't figure out what that might be just yet. It's a
> modernish (2012) i5 with a Gb ethernet port.

Hmm - interesting... Sorry my Mac skills are weak.

>>
>> That's how I test mine.
>>
>> Bear in mind that Cat6a (not Cat6) is good to 10gigbit/sec if installed
>> properly. And IME it's quite hard to bugger up small scaled gigabit
>> installations to the point where it works but poorly.
>
> Cat6 is fine I think - it's only really films and throwing large video
> files about.

Yep - Cat 6 will do gigabit (as will Cat5e).