Readynas Duo V1 not working with Gigabit switch

[daveybenno]

Hi all,

I wonder if anyone can help? I've replaced my old 100Mbps switch with a Gigabit switch and I cannot connect to my Readynas; it does work again if I reconnect the old switch. From everything I've read, the Readynas Duo V1 should support gigabit, so I presume I'm doing something wrong in the setup. Is there anything I need to do so it is recognised?

Thanks for your help,
Dave

[chirpa]

What make/model is the switch? Have you tried another cat5 ethernet cable?

[daveybenno]

Hi,

It's a Netgear Prosafe GS105 and I have tried another cable yes.

Thanks,
Dave

[chirpa]

When its working on the 100M switch, open FrontView (RAIDar>Setup) and goto the Network>Interfaces tab. Check that the Speed/Duplex is set to Auto-Negotiate, and not fixed to one of the other settings.

[daveybenno]

Hi there,

I've just double checked that and I've tried another cable (this time a CAT6) and it now seems to be working. I guess the other cable was CAT5 and not CAT5e or CAT6.....apologies for wasting your time!!!

Best Wishes and thanks for your help,
Dave

[chirpa]

Glad to hear you got it going. Not wasted time, good debugging. If you look carefully on the cable, there is usually printed text on what it is (5,5e,6).