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01-25-2015, 07:00 PM
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#1 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Currently transferring 30GB of data from my PC (Windows 8.1, Mechanical HD, Wireless N, full bar) to my external hard drive (mechanical) connected to my Linksys E4200 (Tomato) router, and it's pretty darn slow (2.5MB/sec), taking over 3 hours to transfer.
Is this normal?
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01-25-2015, 07:13 PM
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#2 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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You have an older router, that's USB2.0. Many small files can be slow to transfer.
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01-25-2015, 07:19 PM
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#3 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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USB 2.0 can transfer up to 60MB/s, in a real world situation, that would be 30MB/s. I'm getting 2.5MB/s.
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01-25-2015, 07:25 PM
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#4 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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why dont u connect your external hdd directly to your pc?
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01-25-2015, 07:28 PM
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#5 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by Recon604  why dont u connect your external hdd directly to your pc? | Might have to do that. External HD is primarily used for network media sharing.
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01-25-2015, 07:30 PM
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#6 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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well if you are connected to your router wirelessly, you will definitely experience slower transfer rates.
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01-25-2015, 08:19 PM
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#7 | | MiX iT Up!
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Originally Posted by Recon604 why dont u connect your external hdd directly to your pc? | Quote:
Originally Posted by willystyle Might have to do that. External HD is primarily used for network media sharing. |  
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01-25-2015, 11:49 PM
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#8 | | Got MOD?
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Transfer speeds via the USB port on the router will always be shit. Better connect it to your PC instead.
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01-25-2015, 11:55 PM
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#9 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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are you trying to setup a ghetto NAS?
it works decent in my case...mind you i'm on 5GHz N and a dual-core router with USB 3
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01-26-2015, 12:46 PM
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#10 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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It's the router. Router USB = shitty in 99% percent of cases. Get a NAS or a network HDD.
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