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  1. Jan Janowski

    Plan for ‘Next Time’ I’m not at home.

    Finding out ‘the hard way’ that my having a Whole House Generator and Surge, and multiple UPS’s, while well intentioned to keep modem, router, and other devices fully operational at all times, can still be ‘NOT ENOUGH’ when out of town for extended times. This years ISP outages: be it a 100 year...
  2. strsljen

    User introduction Greetings from Norway

    Hello everyone, A former UNIX/Linux sysadmin here, running my home infrastructure on Debian and bunch of VMs. I needed a proper home router with control and VLAN isolation capabilities and I went to RT6600ax recently. So far no issues, it took a bit time to get used to interface, but, all in...
  3. R

    smart home type of stuff

    Hi all. Anyone have any experience with making the synology a hub for control of external lights etc. Basically I was hoping I could add some software, and possibly an IP based control module, so lights outside will come on and off when told to. I was not looking for the usual bluetooth type...
  4. I

    Need advice NAS acquisition advice for iPyDB_6: home, 2000.0 USD

    Usage type: home Preferred form factor DS (DiskStation) Number of bays: 4-bays Do you have any existing drives that you plan on using? No Prefered RAID array setup for this NAS: not sure This NAS will be used for: backup, multimedia, business (virtual machines, mail, office, etc.) Max...
  5. WunderTech

    WunderTech Local SSL for Home Lab Services with Nginx Proxy Manager

    If you start adding more services to your home lab, the inevitable scenario you’ll find yourself in is forgetting IP addresses and ports. If you happen to remember the IP and port, you’ll find yourself constantly clicking through “Not Secure” errors since the service(s) use self-signed...
  6. J

    Need advice NAS acquisition advice for jmanko16: home, 9999999 USD

    Usage type: home Preferred form factor any Number of bays: 6-bays or more Do you have any existing drives that you plan on using? Yes Prefered RAID array setup for this NAS: SHR This NAS will be used for: backup, multimedia, business (virtual machines, mail, office, etc.)...
  7. D

    Restoring Data & reassigning home folder?

    I backed up the data from my DS920+ using HyperBackup. Besides files and folders, I also backed up all the apps. Although the shared folders were encrypted, they were mounted during the backup. After the backup was completed, I verified that I could open it and view the data using the Windows...
  8. WunderTech

    WunderTech Building a Smart Home on a Synology NAS (Home Assistant + HACS)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0jYApDEGag Source: WunderTech (YouTube channel) Discuss by replying to this thread. - - -
  9. Al Cappuccino

    Normal/Basic user without privileges to access its own home share

    Hi everyone, Not sure if this is the correct forum to post regarding issues/questions with user management, if not, sorry in advance. So, I have my own created admin and normal user accounts. I want to separate "usage" of these types of users to decrease somewhat of my attack surface. I log in...
  10. R

    Which NAS for home and docker support ?

    I'm looking for a NAS for home, and also to host some of my private projects (in docker). 2 bay NAS should be sufficient for my data, and 2GB RAM. What about security? I read in many posts that Synology is more secure than Qnap and that I shouldn't expose NAS to internet anyway. Does it mean I...
  11. R

    User introduction Complete Novice Home user

    Making all the mistakes, but crawling up the learning curve. Mostly use to store and access my music both localy and remotely via plex on Sonos. Backup and organise photos, badly. BTHomeHub router at home. Mobile access via Samsung S22+ hotspot on EE. Already benefitted from this thread...
  12. N

    Auto uploading of phone pics to DS1621 whilst connected via home WiFi

    Hi all, I've had my DS1621 for a few years and use it for file storage and as a Plex server. Whilst at home and connected via WiFi i'd like my phone to upload pictures to a folder on the NAS. Can anyone point me in step-by-step directions to make this happen? Many thanks.
  13. BoosterT

    Homes folder vs home folder

    This is probably a stupid question but ... in my DS1621+, I have both a home folder and a homes folder. As the admin, I can see the latter. My question has to do with content. My home folder also appears in the homes folder. Are the contents duplicated, or are they simply being referenced...
  14. javka

    DSM 7.1 Synology Drive - HOWTO: Revert Home folder sync back to Drive subfolder sync

    I found a way to revert syncing the entire Home folders, back to only syncing the Drive subfolder. Background info I used to sync the Drive subfolders only, but one of the users wanted to sync their entire Home Folder, so I clicked the Convert button in the Synology Drive Admin Console...
  15. Marcvane86

    Need advice NAS acquisition advice for Marcvane86: home, 1500 EUR

    Usage type: home Preferred form factor DS (DiskStation) Number of bays: 4-bays Do you have any existing drives that you plan on using? No Prefered RAID array setup for this NAS: RAID 5 This NAS will be used for: backup, multimedia, surveillance, utilities (docker, VPN, reverse...
  16. H

    DSM 7.0 Synology 415+ + docker + home assistant + usb zwave & zigbee dongles

    Hi! First of all, sorry for my not very good english, it's not my maine language to speak/write/read. Is there somewhere step-by-step guide for dumb people... how to install Home Assistant to Synology 415+ so that i can plug zwave and zigbee dongle to synology usb port and start to use it. I've...
  17. ekrider

    Need advice NAS acquisition advice for ekrider: home, 1500-2500 USD

    Usage type: home Preferred form factor DS (DiskStation) Number of bays: 5-bays Do you have any existing drives that you plan on using? No Prefered RAID array setup for this NAS: RAID 6 This NAS will be used for: backup, multimedia, other: Family file server, music, movie, photo...
  18. PunchCardBoss

    Home Surveillance/LAN Topology – Critique/Recommendations

    System: Router: ASUS RT-AX88U Pro Firmware version 3.0.0.6.102_32843 (supports VLANs) NAS: DS220+ (2 LAN ports) running version DSM 7.2.1-69057 Update 3 (current version) Synology Surveillance Station version 9.1.3-10869 (current version) Cameras/Devices: (1) HikVision DS-2CD2347G2-LSU/SL (4)...
  19. Gunman

    deleted home folder

    Hello there guys, I just deleted ''home'' folder of my main user (as admin) and this got me some problems ie with a picture I was hosting with web station. Can I remake the home folder of my user? (ofc I have the ''enable home service'' option enabled) I can browser the data with file explorer...
  20. T

    Windows 11 Home will not map drives to DS418 (DSM 7.2)

    Just built a brand new WIndows 11 Home PC and have encountered a strange issue. Whilst coming to the final stages of installing all the software etc to match my existing Windows 10 PC, I find I am unable to map any drives to the NAS or even access the DSM interface. DSM version : 7.2.64570...
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