I hope it provides some options for trouble-shooting and resolution. My apologies for such a verbose anecdote. In fact, and quite obviously, the entire cabled portion of the network is cruising along. It turns out, most of my machines have 1G NICs, so they went on the 1 Gig loop, and the Win2000 machine was left on the 10/100 loop.Īnd bugger me if the WD-MBL-3TB doesn’t fly through the roof now. I discovered Gigabit Switches cost the same as about three pizzas, I popped out and grabbed an 8 porter. What I did next, was an even better trick. Now, I have no idea if either factor is significant, but it became obvious that the WD-MBL-3TB didn’t like dealing with that workstation. Taking a mental note of network activities over the period in question, indications were, an older workstation running Win2000 hanging off a 568-A Cat 5 cable was the culptrit. As I’ve previously mentioned my router is 10/100, so the lower end of this ‘fluctuation’ was acceptable. Then, writing about 1 Gb of data, the ‘Minute Remaining’ was fluctuating between 30 and 90. Response was very good, from several workstations. Next, it was ‘whey-hey’ - a quick paperclip up the bum.
I ran through the config, verified my desired settings, then (soft) shut down the unit, via Quick View. I need to identify what factors are working for, or against.Īt this point, I’m going right back to scratch, reset everything, and see if I can’t manage some improvement. So, I’ve had ‘instances’ where the unit has suggested it may actually be able to perform properly. In fact, returning to the CD Setup, and moving forward through Discovery, etc, Dashboard returns to it’s (I feel) proper responsiveness. However, at initial installation, response times seemed quite adequate. My initial thoughts were maybe the WD-MBL-3TB doesn’t like my aging Router. There are only 4 options, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and 4TB. If you need larger amounts, the WD My Book Duo goes up to 28TB. Clicking an option sets it all off again, and fails to give me anything but the base menu again. These hard drives are more suitable for those in need of larger storage amounts. Response via Quick View - Dashboard: I go away, make a Coffee, come back, finish most of it…yada yada. Response via Program Manager is approx 25 seconds to ROOT, then 25 secs for Public, on a good run. I’ve not done much data transfer as yet, as I’ve 2 TB ready to roll, and I’m not touching it until I sort this response issue out. I get very good response from a WD-MBE-2TB that is USB’d to another WinXP, cabled to the same Router.
I’m accessing that over Wi-Fi from WinXP. WD-MBL-3TB is hanging off a 10/100 Router. I’m having the same response problem as the members above. The Western Digital My Book Studio offers a nice blend of storage and style with its 3TB Caviar Green inside a brushed metal enclosure.
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