Networking question - aybe someone has the solution

[GoetzPhil]

I want to connect my iMac via 10GbE to my NAS.
Tricky point, either NAS as iMAc have regular Ethernet Connection to Internet via a 1GbE Switch - so its a Star form net.

Internet - Switch - iMac
!----- NAS
All devices have a fixed IP too in 192.168.254.xxx

Now I connected the QNAP T3-10GbE Adapter and gave him IP 192.168.10.10 and the 10GbE Port in my NAS got IP 192.168.10.11 - that way its a different subnet and shouldwork - I thought

But when I directly connect the two 10GbE Ports nothing happens - data transfer isnt possible.

What is my error in thinking here?

 

[barbu]

Might be subnet mask problem? Perhaps try a different RFC1918 subnet such as 10.0.0.0/24 for your NAS connection.

 

[GoetzPhil]

Yes subnet mask wasnt set correct - it now works