This is a AQC111U driver package for Synology NASes.
- DSM 6.2
- apollolake based products
- DS918+ (confirmed working)
- DS620slim
- DS1019+
- DS718+
- DS418play
- DS218+
You can download drivers including other platforms from the Release page and determine a proper driver for your model from this page, but you might encounter some issues with unconfirmed platforms.
I very much appreciate if you report whether it works.
Currently I only confirmed QNAP QNA-UC5G1T works. If you got other products and they do not work, please create a issue with its vendor id.
- QNAP QNA-UC5G1T (Type-A, confirmed working)
- TRENDnet TUC-ET5G (Type-C)
- StarTech.com US5GC30 (Type-C)
- Sonnet Solo5G (Type-A/C)
- Go to "Package Center"
- Press "Manual Install"
- Chose a driver package downloaded from the Release page.
Detailed instruction is here.
Just use "Control Panel".
This driver support additional options.
- Disable thermal throttling
- Link speed is configured to 100Base when the internal chip overheats automatically by default. This option disables that behavior.
ethtool --set-priv-flags eth2 "Thermal throttling" off
- Enable Low Power 5G
- Entering to low heat generation mode at the expense of throughput. This option should be enabled when thermal throttling is disabled.
ethtool --set-priv-flags eth2 "Low Power 5G" on
- DS918+ (QNAP QNA-UC5G1T)
- direct connection with PC (AQN-107)
- native iperf3
- using docker causes high CPU load
- enable jumbo-frame(9k)
iperf3 -c 192.168.xx.xx -P 2
Connecting to host 192.168.xx.xx, port 5201
[ 4] local 192.168.yy.yy port 54613 connected to 192.168.xx.xx port 5201
[ 6] local 192.168.yy.yy port 54614 connected to 192.168.xx.xx port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 198 MBytes 1.66 Gbits/sec
[ 6] 0.00-1.00 sec 186 MBytes 1.56 Gbits/sec
[SUM] 0.00-1.00 sec 384 MBytes 3.22 Gbits/sec
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[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 211 MBytes 1.77 Gbits/sec
[ 6] 1.00-2.00 sec 189 MBytes 1.58 Gbits/sec
[SUM] 1.00-2.00 sec 400 MBytes 3.36 Gbits/sec
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[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 209 MBytes 1.75 Gbits/sec
[ 6] 2.00-3.00 sec 190 MBytes 1.60 Gbits/sec
[SUM] 2.00-3.00 sec 400 MBytes 3.35 Gbits/sec
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[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 209 MBytes 1.76 Gbits/sec
[ 6] 3.00-4.00 sec 188 MBytes 1.57 Gbits/sec
[SUM] 3.00-4.00 sec 397 MBytes 3.33 Gbits/sec
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[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 224 MBytes 1.88 Gbits/sec
[ 6] 4.00-5.00 sec 176 MBytes 1.47 Gbits/sec
[SUM] 4.00-5.00 sec 400 MBytes 3.36 Gbits/sec
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[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 209 MBytes 1.75 Gbits/sec
[ 6] 5.00-6.00 sec 191 MBytes 1.60 Gbits/sec
[SUM] 5.00-6.00 sec 400 MBytes 3.35 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 210 MBytes 1.76 Gbits/sec
[ 6] 6.00-7.00 sec 189 MBytes 1.59 Gbits/sec
[SUM] 6.00-7.00 sec 399 MBytes 3.35 Gbits/sec
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[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 212 MBytes 1.78 Gbits/sec
[ 6] 7.00-8.00 sec 186 MBytes 1.56 Gbits/sec
[SUM] 7.00-8.00 sec 398 MBytes 3.34 Gbits/sec
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[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 212 MBytes 1.78 Gbits/sec
[ 6] 8.00-9.00 sec 189 MBytes 1.59 Gbits/sec
[SUM] 8.00-9.00 sec 401 MBytes 3.36 Gbits/sec
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[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 207 MBytes 1.73 Gbits/sec
[ 6] 9.00-10.00 sec 193 MBytes 1.62 Gbits/sec
[SUM] 9.00-10.00 sec 400 MBytes 3.35 Gbits/sec
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[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.05 GBytes 1.76 Gbits/sec sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.05 GBytes 1.76 Gbits/sec receiver
[ 6] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.83 GBytes 1.57 Gbits/sec sender
[ 6] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.83 GBytes 1.57 Gbits/sec receiver
[SUM] 0.00-10.00 sec 3.89 GBytes 3.34 Gbits/sec sender
[SUM] 0.00-10.00 sec 3.89 GBytes 3.34 Gbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
Also it achieves 434 MB/s for file copy via SMB in this environemnt.