FreeNAS up & running, just a teeny hitch ...

[NexusB]

My router is only 10/100mbit, and I'd rather just directly connect the FreeNAS PC to my home PC and have it share the home PC's wireless network so I can take advantage of the gigabit ethernet.

The only caveat is I have no idea how to make this work. Any help?

EDIT:

My home PC is running Windows 7, and NAS is running FreeNAS 8.0.3.

I've turned on Internet Connection Sharing in Windows 7 but it doesn't seem to be working. In Control Panel > Network & Internet > Network Connections, the LAN says 'Unidentified Network'

 

[survive]

Hi NexusB,

I don't there's really a clean way to do this.

My suggestion would be to go out & get a 5 port gig-e switch and put it between the router and your clients, you'll get much better performance using a wired connection than wireless.

-Will

 

[ProtoSD]

NexusB,

Will is correct, no matter how good your wifi is, it's unreasonable to expect any decent performance if you plan to stream videos or do backups etc. You'll save yourself a lot of headaches and time if you find yourself a gig-e switch. Even a cheap one to start with is better than wifi.

 

[NexusB]

Hello,

Thank you for your input. I've just ordered a switch and if I have any issues with that, I'll post in here tomorrow. :)