I’ve played around with networking a LOT over the years: and I currently have an Eero Pro 6 router setup where all routers use wired backhaul, then any mobile devices (like cell phones and laptops) naturally use Wi-Fi. It works really well. I moved home in September 2023 and various rooms have CAT6 points which has been awesome – it makes running a solid, gigabit network really simple.
I also have a Synology NAS attached to the network, and so I’ve written a series of articles helping people with their Synology NAS.
One of my favorite Synology features is the DSM interface: the admin panel which you can access over the internet, giving you easy access to control your NAS, and also access your files. But sometimes this interface is really slow and laggy, making managing and accessing your Synology NAS almost impossible. Thankfully there are often … Read more
I’m a big fan of my Synology NAS, however one thing that irked me originally is that despite paying over £300 for my DS220+, I only got 2 GB of RAM. What? It’s 2023, and 2 GB is nothing. What gives? I then learned that you can expand the RAM on your NAS, by buying … Read more
I love my Synology NAS DS220+. It all seems much faster than my old D-Link NAS. The admin console is slick, and files transfer quickly… most of the time. Every so often, I go to upload or download a file and it is sloooow. Luckily there are often a handful of things to check that … Read more
Synology are quite a reputable manufacturer of NAS devices. These NASes are designed to store all your most important documents and files, so this raises some obvious questions: can you fully trust them? Are they some Chinese company who – like TikTok – will not-so-secretly pass your data on to the Chinese Government? Let’s find … Read more
