This section is for beginners and home users who want to set up a Synology NAS using Disk Station Manager 7. So we’ll guide you through the setup process step by step, in order to help you get your new NAS up and running in no time!
In addition to the main information about a Synology NAS, you’ll also find some extra details about specific elements in our Synology NAS tips section. This section deals with anything that we thought might be interesting, or that we found helpful.
As this is the first video in this series, we are going to prepare our home network for our new NAS. So we are going to start by checking the main elements within a typical home network. Which should help minimise a lot of potential troubleshooting…
While a NAS is a device that has been specifically designed to allow the computers on a network to centrally share files and data. Most NAS devices are able to provide more functionality than just being a file server. So the type of storage that you…
It is important that before you start to configure a new NAS, you properly familiarise yourself with how it has been laid out. So in this video we take a tour of switches, lights, external ports, bays and sockets, that can be found on a typical…
In this video we take a look at fitting additional RAM, and two hard drives to our new NAS. We will then connect our Synology NAS to our home network, in preparation for switching it on for the first time. While not all models of Synology NAS will…
With the introduction of Disk Station Manager 7, Synology added a function called Active Insight. Active insight is a service that will create a dashboard that allows you to remotely monitor numerous stats regarding your NAS. So for example you can…
In our previous video we physically connected a Synology NAS to our home network. So in this video we take a look at how we initially connect to a new NAS, and then install Disk Station Manager onto our blank hard drives. We will then run through the…
While Disk Station Manager has now been installed onto our Synology NAS, the hard drives in our NAS are still not ready to store data. So in this video we take a look at how we create a Storage Pool and a Volume, using the Storage Creation wizard…
In this video we take a quick tour of the main elements that make up Disk Station Manager 7. While the user interface of your NAS should be familiar to you as it’s based on the UI of a modern computer. We will familiarise ourselves with were…
In this video, we’ll show you how to give your Synology NAS a static IP address. First, we’ll explain the difference between a static and a dynamic IP address. Then, we’ll show you the changes we made to our home network including how we changed our…
