If a user happens to be working in a network share while you reboot or update your NAS. It is possible that they could lose their data. So in this video, we take a look at how you can easily find out if a user is connected to your Synology NAS. We can then warn that user that we are about...
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Synology NAS quick tips
Synology NAS tip – How to make your NAS more secure by adjusting your SMB range
To ensure compatibility with all network devices in your home, a new Synology NAS will have been configured to use SMB1 and 2. However as SMB1 is no...
In this video we take a look at how you enable Parental Controls in Synology’s Video Station. The aim of this setting is designed to provide...
Synology NAS quick tips
Synology NAS Tip – Use L2TP/IPSec to connect a Google Android handset to the VPN Server on your NAS
The reason why you would use a VPN or Virtual Private Network, is to protect your privacy and add an additional layer of security when you use your...
Synology NAS quick tips
Synology NAS Tip – How to use L2TP/IPSec to connect an iPhone to the VPN Server on your NAS
The reason why you would use a VPN or Virtual Private Network, is to protect your privacy and add an additional layer of security when you use your...
In this video we take a look at how you can manually refresh the Lets Encrypt SSL certificate being used by your Synology NAS. While your NAS is able...
Amazon, Synology NAS quick tips
Synology Quick Tip – Installing and Configuring DS Video on to an Amazon Fire TV
DS Video is an application for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS and Android that will allow you to access the video content stored in Video Station, and display it...
Apple, iOS, Synology NAS quick tips
Synology Quick Tip – Installing and Configuring DS Video on to an Apple TV
DS Video is an application for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS and Android that will allow you to access the video content stored in Video Station, and display it...
With the introduction of iOS 13, Apple have made it possible for an iPad to access SMB (Server Message Block) network shares. This means that if you...
Microsoft Windows, Synology NAS quick tips
Synology NAS Quick Tip – Scanning Ports on your NAS using Windows 10
While we were configuring the Firewall on our Synology NAS. We found it useful to have a quick way to check if ports that we were working with were...
While we were configuring the Firewall on our Synology NAS. We found it useful to have a quick way to check if ports that we were working with were...
Built into your Synology NAS is an application that aims to check that a NAS has been correctly configured. The tests are based on what Synology...
Chrome OS, Synology NAS quick tips
Synology NAS Quick Tip – How to access your Network shares from within Chrome OS
This video is an update to a previous video we posted. In that video we looked at how you can access the network shares on a Synology NAS from within...