Amazon Basic Ethernet Cable

I am a working professional so even things as basic as a cable are a big deal to me. I previously bought a cheaper cable on Amazon. It sometimes worked at a low data rate and sometimes did not work at all. I decided to re-order, this time from a reseller and brand that I can count on- B&H and Angelbird. It has provided maximum speed and solid reliability.

Not much to say about an ethernet cable, except that it works.

Short Ethernet cable that works.

Ethernet cable wet dream.

A Ethernet cable that works! And it was low cost.

I had the NAS server for about a month. Out of the box it comes configured RAID 5. It boots up fast and the setup through mycloud.com is very fast and easy. The first thing it did was to updated the firmware. I had it up and running in a matter of minutes. A RAID 5 configuration gave me about 17.9TB of empty storage capacity. I connect to the server using 1Gb Ethernet switch and compatible cables. The writing and reading is about 10% faster than what I get from my fusion 7200RPM hard drive. I get on average 110MB/s speeds in both directions. Obviously, I'm limited by the Ethernet connection. So far I'm streaming just music from it. I have a Sonos system which was able to connect very quickly and reliably. I have not tried streaming movies, PLEX, etc. The server comes with several apps installed or available. I'm using Dropbox app to mirror the content and I'm struggling with Amazon S3 app. The issues are not related to PR4100, more related to Amazon services. After some help from the WD tech support, whom by the way responded within 24h with a lot of information, I was able to get the S3 going but Amazon has all kind of issues. The NAS comes with apps to host or develop your own website. I haven't tried it yet but it's very interesting. Very easy to create user accounts. The cherry on the cake is the cloud/remote access. You can access any file from a remote computer or mobile phone. On the phone you can play music or view pictures. Works very well and super fast. I'm very impressed by this feature. I was on a trip outside US and needed a Word file from the server, i downloaded it in a jiffy, edited and uploaded it back to the server without any hiccups. Of course, out of the box the cloud service is not enabled so you have to create accounts and enable the service. The server software is simple, and rather easy to use. I would give it a 9 out of 10. So far I went through 2 power failures. It recovered quickly and without issues,

Basic cable. Not much glamour to it

We use these for our timeclocks that are not wifi but have an ethernet cable connection. Works well.

Cheap and powerful. Your basic ethernet switch. Just be aware that it will not work if your ISP(Internet Service Provider) only gives allows 1 IP address.

Your basic USB cable. It works and that's really all there is to say.