Thanks much for replying.
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Take a look at Synology. Friend of mine has had no issues with his.
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I looked at Synology, QNAP, and Asustor. I want to revisit, but model seems to be important, based on the intended use. That kept dumping me off at Asustor, or Synology for twice the price.
I'd be curious
- how you friend uses it (DLNA? backup?)
- where it is located, aka the noise tolerance for the location
- model?
- drives? (and RAID with level? no RAID?)
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That IP means it hasn't grabbed config info from a DHCP server. One really shouldn't have to manually input static IP information. Your router's DHCP server likely supports reserved addresses. Just input the MAC of the network adapter and the IP you want and the machine will always grab the same IP from DHCP. Been doing it that way for years....WAY easier.
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The issue with DHCP is that it's far less secure. Not in the malware/hacker sense, but in the malformed network activity sense, and IP booting. Unfortunately, reservation doesn't always work, and devices don't always properly grab the reserved IPs. When that happens, it can be an ordeal of rebooting systems, routers, and switches, because release/renew rarely works either. I put up with that nonsense for at least a year, before I switched everything to static, and never had another issue.
I hate that Google Chromecast required DHCP for setup, so the network must be rebooted, the Google stick setup. The Chromecast then allows static IP to be specific. So, so dumb. And yet, I understand, because it's made for low-knowledge users.
But NAS shouldn't be made for dullards, and I have to wonder what else doesn't work well. In fact, I know some NAS features are swiss cheese invites to network attacks, even through router NAT. So, yikes! That was something I planned to fully disable, and harden the NAS.
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Regarding the Asus NIC, Marvell has newer drivers and a possible firmware update for the AQC107 based cards. Asus notes that the Windows 7 drivers don't work with v2 boards, so maybe that is the reason? Other vendors make AQC107 based cards too, so that is worth trying. I wouldn't expect support for Windows 7 on anything released the past 3 years anyway.
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I'll be upgrading to an Intel, got a great deal on an authentic (verified!) X540-T2.
Should be here soon, and it's supposed to just work OOB.
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Also the Intel X540 is an old design predating NBaseT. It will only connect at 10G or 1G as it does not support 5G or 2.5G link speeds. The board also likely needs a fan since many of those cards were intended for server chassis with flow-thru ventilation.
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Hmmm... did not realize. But I'm assuming it won't matter, as I have a QNAP 10gbe switch here, and will connect both it and the Mac Mini to the pair of 10g ports, and other 1 and 2.5 devices to the 2.5g ports.
I just ordered another AQC107 from
Amazon, different brand, supposedly works in Win7. We shall see. I can always return whatever does not work.
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Your Mac Mini has a Marvell AQC113 in it (later PCIe 4.0 design). Note that the "Intel is superior" rule is partly because Marvell and Realtek didn't have FreeBSD drivers for a long time, thus making it difficult to use their cards in TrueNAS setups. Intel completely blew their reputation with the I225V 2.5Gbe chip having tons of issues. Lucky me that I just bought a motherboard with both an onboard Intel I225V and Marvell AQC113 controller.  Supposedly it is a fixed revision of the chip and it does work under Windows 7 at least.
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Thanks for the tip, noted. I have a new Minisforum NAD9 for daily/web/office, not fully migrated yet. I've been on the same system for 11 years now, time to upgrade. The new system is snappy, silent, no real heat output.
For the moment, I've returned to simply keeping a share drive on a system with Serviio, shared SMB folders. That has worked well for at least 15 years now. NAS was mostly for convenience, but it turned out to be a PITA instead.
I went ahead and opened the WD drives, tested both. My main worry was drive noise, but one of these WD Red Plus 14tb is almost silent! The other was a vibrating noise maker, and was returned as planned. So those drives can vary.
