To conclude, Synology Assistant proves to be a steady solution when it comes to managing Synology DiskStations and monitoring their resources. In case the application is not able to automatically update the IP of your printer, you can manually set the address by selecting the device you are interested in and press the ‘Edit’ button. The Add button launches a new window from where you can select the server you want to be monitored or manually set its connections such as protocol, hostname, port number and name.įinally, the ‘Printer Device’ tab provides central management of printers attached to your DiskStation, thus sharing them and letting other computers to make use of your device. ![]() The first tab, namely ‘Management’ enables you to search for available disk stations in LAN, connect to them, map a drive and set up the WOL option (Wake-on-LAN) so you can turn on a server remotely.īy navigating to the second tab, entitled ‘Resource Monitor’, you are able to easily monitor the available server’s resources, here referring to CPU and memory usage, LAN and volume usage. Synology DiskStation(s) comes with a multi-tabbed interface from where you can easily search and connect to a DiskStation, monitor your server’s resources and add a new printer in order to share it. In case you decide to minimize the application to the system tray, all the processes will remain active letting you to attach a total number of two printers and share them so other computers available in the network can make use of such devices. When you launch the program for the first time, it will automatically scan your network and will display each identified device in the proper list. It is a useful program, especially when you have multiple computers working within LAN (Local Area Network). If I were a road-warrior on behalf of a corporate partner/employer/client where it was essential for remote access, I’d let the IT dept tell me how to do it and let them worry about the open ports and all the technology.īut yes, Chronosync will surely work across the internet.Synology Assistant is an effective and reliable piece of software worth having when you need to manage and organize Synology DiskStations available in your network. Then I still would try to avoid open ports. Now if you are talking about facilitating synchronisation more than just you but other people touching computers that need up to date files, that requires a bit of thought, especially to think of it is really needed. So for me, it was not a technical issue, but how I worked and getting realistic to work in a way that kept things simple. I had no good reason to ensure something on the laptop to be always in sync with a desktop or NAS that I was not using at that moment. I didn’t want the ongoing responsibility and risk for managing open ports for no good reason. When I realised that I was not using this remote access I shut it down. Even if at that moment I was not on the internet and synching not working just then, it did not matter becuase eventually it would all synch up to enable me to use whatever machine I was touching. When I touched files, it was to files on the machine I was touching in a folder(s) synching with Dropbox. Download and install the Synology Drive Client utility from the following locations. We suggest RaiDrive and Cyberduck for Windows users. ![]() I could easily live with keeping all my important files in “the Cloud” (Dropbox). Synology Drive Client is the desktop utility that provides file syncing and personal computer backup services on multiple client computers to a centralized server, Synology Drive Server. Once WebDAV has been enabled on your Synology NAS, please follow the instructions below to start accessing files with Windows, Mac, or Linux devices. ![]() Turned out it was always less important or even useful than I assumed. ![]() I setup open ports and VPN to the iMac, and then when I invested in a NAS (not Synology) I could access that too. When I was doing more road-warrior work, I put importance on having remote access to the primary desktop machine from my devices used while on the road (MacBook, iPhone, and iPad).
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