I am a new user to the Linkstation Pro Quad 8.0 terabyte system. Initially the first unit I purchased worked fine until my Router (FiOS ActionTec model MWi424WR did not stand up to the heavy data transfer, I have since made arrangements with Verizon to allow me to use my own router which is Netgear N750 WNDR-4000.
The problems I was having with the Actiontec is it was dropping the port forwarding setting and causing the NAS to corrupt. I RMA'd the Linkstation, received the new unit. This time when I went to load it (back up my PC) I set up a static IP address between the PC and NAS, with a direct connected Cat6 cable. The throughput improved considerably, and eliminated 99% of the file copy errors. I suggest this during the initial backup process. Once the process is complete I will set the NAS back to DHCP and use it as normal.
By using the Static IP configuration I was able to eliminate the copy issues and completed loading in about half of the time.
To do this I logged into the NAS, went to Network and made the static IP changes there, on the PC using Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. I opened up Network and Sharing center and modified the TCP/IP iv4 settings to use IP address of 192.168.1.50, for the NAS I set the IP to 192.168.1.51. Then using the NAS Navigator 2 software was able to access the NAS and do the load. I highly suggest not doing large transfers, instead what I did was do 30 to 40 gigabyte batches at a time. With that I had my entire collection upwards of 4 Terabytes of data moved over. The process took about 5 Days, i usually did these in the early AM when tempertures were below 70 degrees F. Reason behind this is to keep the unit cool thus improving performance.
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