@@rajarshikhisa4037It is a compromise, but slow boot times are mitigated with fast ram, and a good SSD.

@@LengSovannareach-p8g Making backups of photos from phone to Synology via internet, should automatically happen in the background once your NAS is accessible over the internet. However before I make a video on how you make your NAS accessible over the internet I need to cover making your NAS security. So there are a number of videos I am currently working on that will include topics like firewalls, 2fa, notications and basic setting. So expect to start seeing those videos in September, and hopefully a video on accessing a NAS over here internet sometime in October/November

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@@mydoodads ok thank you.

It should not take that long. So it might be worth turning it off and trying to reset it again. However, this time try using the reset switch on your NAS. From Synology's Knowledge Center This mode wipes out all system configurations and carries out all the reset functions included in Mode 1. 1. Locate the RESET button on your Synology NAS. 2. Press and hold down the RESET button for about 4 seconds until you hear a beep. Release the button immediately. 3. Within 10 seconds, press and hold down the RESET button again for 4 seconds until you hear 3 more beeps. 4. Wait for about 2 minutes until the STATUS light on your Synology NAS blinks orange or green. 5. You have successfully reset your Synology NAS and wiped the system configurations. 6. Enter find.synology.com in the search bar of your web browser and locate your Synology NAS. The status of your Synology NAS should be Configuration lost. 7. Double-click on your Synology NAS. Follow the wizard to complete the re-installation process.

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@@tshidikhunou If you open Control Panel - File Services - SMB you should see the links your NAS thinks you should be using in order to access its services. However, this access will be dependent on if your NAS has been configured for local access only or remote and local access. So if the users are local users the link that you can have them use will be the local ip address of your NAS. For example 192.168.xxx.xxx This can the be followed by either a port number of the alias name for the service that user is looking to access. Ie 192.168.xxx.xxx/audio or 192.168.xxx.xxx:8800 However if they are remote users then they will need to use either your internet connections public ip address or its domain name. For example 217.155.xxx.xxx or Mydoodads.com followed by an alias or port number to the service they are looking to access. Unfortunately the kicker for remote users is that your NAS will have had to have been specifically configure to be accessible from the internet. You would have been done either using Synology Quick Connect or Direct Access services configurable from within the Control Panel of the DSM. If you used Quick Connect you will have to have your users use the domain name that Synology assigned you as part of the setup process for Quick Connect. However, if you used Direct Access you can have your users use either your public ip address or your domain name. Hope this makes sense, as it can be a little confusing if you are new to networking and NAS devices.

As a general security rule, for both computers and file servers. You should never create and use an administrators account for standard day to day work. Instead you should minimise the number of administrators accounts you create on your NAS to one, and only user that administrators account for things like System updates, changes to settings and the installation of new software packages. For day to day work, ie using network shares or software services like Synology Photos, Video and Audio Station. You would use a standard user account, that only has enough user access rights to allow you to use those services. This is because, by design an Administrators account is specifically made to be able to have full access to the whole of a NAS. So if you have multiple administrators accounts on your NAS, and one account is compromised. Not only would you lose control of your NAS, everyone will also lose access to all data stored on it. As to your query, I think what you are really looking for is something called User Home Service. This is where each user of your NAS has their own Home folder which only they have access to. So while you will need to have an Administrators account on your NAS for system maintenance, virus scanning, permission setting and activities like backups. As long as you use a Standard User account when you access your NAS. You will not be able to see the contents of the Home folders other users are using. You can setup User Home Service when you initially setup your NAS. Or you can configure User Home Service after the fact by going to Control Panel - File Services - Advanced. In Advanced scroll to the bottom of the page and locate Enable user home service, by ticking the check box. Hope this helps answer your query.

It is possible with certain models. However if you have a mix of Google/nest WiFi points in your home, some of those points might not work. This Google article will tell which models will or will not allow a wired backhaul. support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7215624?hl=en Just for additional information, I switched to Ubiquiti and was happier with the results. My WiFi network is now more stable, reliable and generally faster. However I found setting up the UniFi hardware to be a lot more complicated and required a lot of time tweaking the settings. So while I certainly learnt a lot more about WiFi, I suspect that I probable still have a load more to learn. As to actually hardwiring your Google WiFi points. If they are compatible it should be a simple case of connecting the router to a switch and then connecting the other access points to that switch. The access points and router should automatically detect the network connection and change to a wired backhaul. www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Nest-Wifi/Ethernet-backhaul/m-p/283983 Hope this infos useful

@@mydoodads I hardwired a Cat 5e cable from my switch to a second point, but my WiFi speed dropped significantly. When I disconnected the cable from the switch, the WiFi speed increased. I checked the termination, and it was fine. Upon further inspection, I noticed that I’m using a Cat 5 cable to uplink my switch. Do you think upgrading the cable from the modem to the switch to Cat 6 would improve the speed?

@shafis8268 Cat 5e should be fine as it supports 1000 Mbps up to 100 meters just like Cat 6. However I think you’re right, and you should try replacing the Cat 5 cable (100 Mbps) from your modem to your switch. A spare Cat 5e cable should be good enough if you have one.

Sometimes working with technical support is so frustrating, but let us know how if this fix works for you.

@@mydoodads will testing but as far as I can see, there is not more change. after 2 days charge has dropped from 100 % to 89 %

@@mydoodads I bought a replacement non OEM battery and put it in the HP laptop. I did not go through all that time wasting battery calibration which never resulted in anything. The static current drain when laptop is OFF and Fast Startup off was no different than the original HP OEM battery. Do not believe that a reset of Windows would help other than waste more time. Verdict is that model laptop has excessive static current drain.

If the person doing the yard sale, did not de-authorise the Mini from their Google account. While you will be able to factory reset it and connect it to your Wifi network. You will not be able to connect it to your Google account. So the only option really is to go back to the person you bought it from and see if they can de-authorise the Mini from their Google Home account first.

That parts easy, when the Echo pop reboots, it will shout out in multiple languages that it’s ready to be setup. So you return to the Alexa app and allow your phone to see your echo over Bluetooth. You then just need to follow the on screen instructions.