xar
Prominent Member
Hi all,
I have limited to no networking knowledge, other than how to run cables and plug them into unmanaged switches. I am finding my current setup very temperamental, so looking for an upgrade path. By temperamental I mean that that the speed goes up and down regularly especially on hard wired connections, and especially when trying to stream 4k files. Current setup is:
- BT FTTP up to 330mbs
- BT Superhub
- 3 x whole home white discs
- QNAP 251+ NAS upgraded to 8mb ram - 6tb
- Terramaster F2-221 NAS with 2gb RAM - 12tb
- Devolo 1200 and 500 powerline adapters
- Key 'zones' in the house I feed:
I don't really know what to do next to improve things, but the wifi seems fine so I want to focus on the networking side of things. i.e. how to I improve the consistency of delivery around the house? I was looking a Ubiquiti items after a friend recommended, but I don;t know if its the router, or I need a new 'hub' into the BT Superhub that I connect things too, or better switches in the 'key zones' etc
Any advice on what to look at would be appreciated
I have limited to no networking knowledge, other than how to run cables and plug them into unmanaged switches. I am finding my current setup very temperamental, so looking for an upgrade path. By temperamental I mean that that the speed goes up and down regularly especially on hard wired connections, and especially when trying to stream 4k files. Current setup is:
- BT FTTP up to 330mbs
- BT Superhub
- 3 x whole home white discs
- QNAP 251+ NAS upgraded to 8mb ram - 6tb
- Terramaster F2-221 NAS with 2gb RAM - 12tb
- Devolo 1200 and 500 powerline adapters
- Key 'zones' in the house I feed:
- Home office - cat5 direct from router to a TP link unmanaged switch - links to 2 PCs and a whole home disc
- Detached garage cinema room - cat5 direct from router to a TP link unmanaged switch - feeds 12 devices (2 x NAS, amp, blu ray, media player, echo dot, etc) - key ones here being that the 2 x NAS devices are in the garage but feed the rest of the house - they are in the garage as I have one of them directly connected to the media player after some performance issues
- Snug - devolo 500 feeding a TV that feeds from the NAS
- Main living room - devolo 1200 feeding a TP link unmanaged switch - links to main tv, BT disc, Apple TV - feeds from the NAS regularly
- Several other rooms have a Devolo feeding a TV or a Mac in my daughters room
- BT Whole home works great and I consistently get 185 plus on phones / ipads etc
- Non 4k streaming from the NAS seems to work fine
- 4k from the NAS can be fine
- Netflix / Prime / Disney / ATV all mostly fine
- My PCs in the office regularly drop to less than 100 mbps after operating at 300 plus for weeks - have to call BT, reset routers, remove various other devices etc and it seems to fix itself, but is annoying and regular - my 2 year old iMAC is currently getting 60 mbps connected to a TP link switch which connects direct to the router
- If the NAS is not directly connected to the media player it seems to struggle with 4k files i.e. they play but can end up buffering
- Devolo into my daughters room is currently delivering 3mbps!
- I am using all 4 ports on my Superhub - ideally I would run into a hub of some sort and feed more things directly
I don't really know what to do next to improve things, but the wifi seems fine so I want to focus on the networking side of things. i.e. how to I improve the consistency of delivery around the house? I was looking a Ubiquiti items after a friend recommended, but I don;t know if its the router, or I need a new 'hub' into the BT Superhub that I connect things too, or better switches in the 'key zones' etc
Any advice on what to look at would be appreciated