Ok Guys, Here is my cheapo NAS setup.

PC 1 = 1 Gbps network port
PC 2 = 1 Gbps network port
Ipad 4 = Wifi
Laptop = Wifi b/g/n standard
Samsung Smart TV with DLNA Wifi
Stupid Unifi stock black Wifi router, don't know what is the Wifi speed.
2 Aztech 200Mbps homeplugs (place my unifi wifi router far away in another room due to takut kena cancer from the wifi radiowave signal)

Newly bought from lowyat
1 WD Mybook live 2TB rm449
1 Dlink 5-port Gigabit Switch RM70
3 Cat6 cables rm35

How I setup my network at home are, the 5-port Gigabit Switch as my centralized connection for every device. Cables are all Cat6 type.

5-port Gigabit Switch
Port 1 -> PC 1
Port 2 -> PC 2
Port 3 -> WD MyBook Live 2TB
Port 4 -> 200mbps Home Plug -> another room with unifi WiFi Router + modem
Port 5 -> nothing

WD MyBook Live settings has to turn off all the features like remote internet access, twonky and itunes have to be turn off.

Ok here is the thing, Samsung Smart TV, laptop and ipad can read movies from the NAS smoothly, no jerk, no loading time, just instant. Tested the file transfer speed to/from Mybook live to my laptop via Wifi and homeplug, I get around 3MBps/24Mbps.(Suspecting is the Homeplug bottlenecking instead of the N standard WiFi)

My Home Unifi speed max is 0.625MBps/5Mbps.

Now my PC that is connected via cable to the switch and Mybook live. Transfering file from PC to Mybook live, I get around 35MBps/280Mbps.
Transfering file out from mybook live to my PC, I get around 70MBps-90MBps/560Mbps-720Mbps.



This is real life scenario and consistance as I tried and did recorded down the result of my setup.

Hope this will give a clue to you guys on the hardwares and connection cables and settings of the Mybook live NAS.

This post has been edited by Vannus: Jan 7 2013, 11:52 PM