I have been working trying to set up a simple network adjacent to my main network. So here’s the layout:
192.168.x.x - 1 gig / cable modem
Installed two 10 gig cards for large media transfers - One from my windows 10 pc - to my Ubuntu 20.04 server. SMB is configured - everything is working like a dream. 10 gig on that system as well. However, it does have a 1 gig card built in which handles the main network.
I want to be able to transfer these files over 10gig (I have seen it get to 140-160 using cat 7/8 cabling with sfp modulators for copper - it was just cheaper, now that I think about it yes I wish i would have gone with fiber but not a big deal. One video suggested that i set my ubuntu 10 gig at 1.1.1.1 and 255.255.255.252 and my windows folder share it as 1.1.1.2 because windows will always transfer at the slower speed of 1 gig.
I did not know that this router had an os, i’m familiar with cisco and a few others, so this is very neat. Right now I’m tinkering around with the windowsbox utility but which is better, this or routeros? And would it help me with my solution?
So on my 10 gig switch, I have ports 2 and 3 10 gig. the other poe / ethernet connects to my router. Of course, windows detects it and won’t connect even if I connect directly to 10 gig port 2 and 3 for a transfer.
I tried a few things like bridging and bonding but it’s not giving me what I want. I’m used to teaming with 2 nics on one network cable. If I could get atleast 2-3 gig transfers out of this switch it will be worth the money. I just watched the video and the guy didn’t know that there was an os also..
Any ideas?
I thought about doing a vlan scenario also, but not sure if windows would hose on that and slow it down .. not sure exactly which direction I should start. Oh, the ubuntu is my plexmediaserver streaming 4k high def/ very large files. That is only 1 gig but I just wanted the 10 gig switch to alleviate the file transfers a bit. I know there’s a lot to read..I just found this forum.. So just wanted to say thanks for those who help and hello everyone! (anyone mount a fan on this tiny switch yet? Thing is hotter than the sun..
On each of the systems, can you ping other end of the 10Gbits/s link ? Ping 1.1.1.1 (on Windows to Ubuntu) and ping 1.1.1.2 (on Ubuntu to Windows) gives you a reply ?
If not, don’t ever bother looking any further and fix that first.
IF you get a reply, did you try to effectively MAP a network drive like \1.1.1.2 (= SMB service on the Ubuntu I guess) ?? Because then IT WILL take that network-segment, despite the fact that the other 1Gbits network cards will get also discovery packets etc so browsing in your “network neighborhood” might indeed take the 1Gbits/sec path !
I had them communicating to each other on the ..88.0/24 subnet. When I watch the traffic, it’s always being shared with the 1 gig cable that’s going directly from the mikrotik to the router. i can’t connect to the 88 subnet and modify the switch if i don’t have it plugged in to communicate with my 168 subnet. Maybe I’m over thinking it a bit, would this work if i just put the switch on the same network?
In short, I want to dedicate the two 10 cards to be bonded to each other so that when I transfer the file from either a 1.1.1.1 or the switch subnet, that’s what I need. I know if I copy a regular windows file from my windows 10 using my ethernet 3 adapter which is the 1 gig network it works fine. I did create a mapped folder called 1.1.1.2 from the media client and 1.1.1.1 for the server. i know I won’t get speeds of 10 gigs probably, but at least 200-500 would be great. ALL are on high speed hardware, ssd, etc, fast ram, fast mobos, etc. There are so many options for different protocols, I’m a bit lost as to which to choose to make these two 10 gig talk solely to each other. I also notice that the 1.1.1.1 does not use a gateway as described in the youtube video, of course he was talking with both windows 10 machines. My instructions were the ip and subnet and that’s it. I tried adding a route but I think i may end up giving up, and I don’t want to give up. I noticed that this can act as also a router, I’m wondering if that’s an option to guide traffic. The fastest that I have seen was 145 Mbs vs 80-100. Lately it’s sitting around 112-114, which is a slightly better speed, but still , when I watch the traffic - it ALWAYS uses ethernet port and sf3. My two modulators are on sf2 and sf3. Switch to router os? I mean, what would be the easiest and simplest way to achieve this?
and is there a better solution than the default os or can I achieve this solely with that? If this was cisco I could figure eit out, this is strange to me with all the acronyms and what they mean for communication. I thought I found one option where I could use sf2 as the master and sf3 as the slave but again, it only shares communitcation between 1 10 gig and 1 gig.. so frustrated..
In that scenario I will use the 10g port for everything, and I will disable the 1g port. Since you understand Cisco, this “Cisco to Mikrotik dictionary” from one of our senior Network Architects might help you understand how to do things wiht your switch, it is based in RouterOS. Good luck with your project, don’t give up. There is always a way