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| What 10GBase-T switches and PCIe cards has Sonnet tested for interoperability? | Dec-22-19 |
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| What reasonably-priced 10GBASE-T switches can Sonnet recommend? | Dec-22-19 |
| Sonnet has found the 10GBASE-T NETGEAR ProSAFE XS708E 8-port, and ProSAFE XS712T 12-Port 10-Gigabit Smart Switches to be a cost-effective, yet high-performance switches. They supports comprehensive networking features such as VLAN, QoS, IGMP and MLD snooping, L2+ Static Routing, Link Aggregation, ACL, and IPv6 management. The ProSAFE series has an easy-to-use web management GUI, and can be daisy-chained for expansion. |
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814 |
| I'm getting low throughput on macOS. How can I fix this? | May-26-22 |
| You may need to set a few parameters to enable higher performance at 10Gb/s.
1) Set the mode to full-duplex, which allows the adapter to send and receive at the same time.
To set full-duplex on macOS, go into the System Preferences->Network and select the Twin10G interfaces. Click the "Advanced..." button in the lower right. In the Advanced window select the "Hardware" tab and set "Configure:" to "Manually". Set duplex to "full-duplex".
2) If your entire network will support it, set packet size to jumbo frames which pack six times as many bytes per packet.
For a large frame to be transmitted intact from end to end, every component on the path must support that frame size. The switches, routers, and NICs from one end to the other must all support the same size of jumbo frame transmission for a successful jumbo frame communication session. Switches that don't support jumbo frames will drop jumbo frames. In the event that both ends agree to jumbo frame transmission, there still needs to be end-to-end support for jumbo frames, meaning all the switches and routers must be jumbo frame enabled. At Layer 2, not all gigabit switches support jumbo frames. Those that do will forward the jumbo frames. Those that don't will drop the frames. For a jumbo packet to pass through a router, both the ingress and egress interfaces must support the larger packet size. Otherwise, the packets will be dropped or fragmented. If the size of the data payload can't be negotiated (this is known as PMTUD, packet MTU discovery) due to firewalls, the data will be dropped with no warning, or "blackholed". And if the MTU isn't supported, the data will have to be fragmented to a supported size and retransmitted, reducing throughput.
To set Jumbo frames on macOS, go into the System Preferences->Network and select the Twin10G interfaces. Click the "Advanced..." button in the lower right. In the Advanced window select the "Hardware" tab and set "Configure:" to "Manually". Set MTU to "Custom" and enter "9000".
3) Not all devices support flow control, or the absence of flow control. If Flow Control is off, turn it on; if it is on, turn it off.
4) Update your macOS to at least 10.13.6. Earlier versions enable SMB signing by default, which can cripple 10Gb networks. Update your macOS, or disable SMB signing. (You can Google how to do this.)
5) If you're in a macOS server environment:
If your Server is running 10.13.6+ enable SMB protocol, and disable AFP protocol.
If your Server is running 10.12.6- enable AFP protocol, and disable SMB protocol.
If your Server is running 10.13.6+, update your clients to 10.13.6+ for a significant performance boost. |
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993 |
| My system crashes, freezes, or fails to connect when I talk to a storage device on the network | May-13-22 |
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1015 |
| Can I connect a Solo10G Thunderbolt 3 Edition Adapter to a Thunderbolt 2 Mac? | May-13-22 |
| Thunderbolt 2 does not have enough power to directly connect a Thunderbolt 3 bus-powered device like the Solo10G Thunderbolt 3 adapter. However, you can connect the Solo10G if you have an intermediate Thunderbolt 3 device in the chain that is wall-powered, for example the Sonnet Echo 11 Dock.
Thunderbolt 2 Mac----Apple TB 3 (USB-C) to TB 2 Adapter----Wall-powered Thunderbolt 3 Device----Solo10G Thunderbolt 3 Edition
Note that the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter is reversible and will support a Thunderbolt 2 Mac and a Thunderbolt 3 device (as well as a Thunderbolt 3 Mac and a Thunderbolt 2 device). |
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1018 |
| I'm getting poor performance with my Solo10G through a Netgear XS716 10G switch. | May-30-20 |
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1041 |
| Upon connecting the Solo10G, I see an error message "Accessory Needs More Power" | May-13-22 |
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1044 |
| My 10G/25G adapter performance drops significantly on a laptop when battery level is low. | Mar-20-23 |
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1081 |
| I see the Solo10G in macOS, but it is not making a reliable network connection. | May-13-22 |
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1123 |
| I upgraded macOS Big Sur to version 11.1, and my Solo10G stopped working. | May-13-22 |
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1157 |
| On my older TB3 Mac, my 10GbE sometimes becomes non-responsive. | May-13-22 |
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1188 |
| My Solo10G fails to enumerate. | Jun-02-22 |
| In some rare circumstances, the Solo10G will not function connected to a particular Thunderbolt port. Try plugging into a different Thunderbolt port on the computer. For example, you must plug into the furthest back Thunderbolt port in an HB Z Book Studio G5. |
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1194 |
| My Solo10G crashes on my HP Zbook. | Aug-13-22 |
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1214 |
| My Solo10G isn't working with my Lenovo Thinkpad P15 | Mar-23-23 |
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