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Fixed synology mount failure

After the upgrade to DSM 5.0 I received some messages from the synology about Automount Failures. Here’s how to do something about it: Start File Station Go into Tools > Connection list Locate the failing mount Unmount, to stop the … Continue reading

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Synology DSM 5.0

The new Disk Station Manager 5.0 from Synology was released in March. My DS212J was still happy running 4.3. Then came Heartbleed and forced me to act. Because my synology was supported by DSM 5.0 there would not be a … Continue reading

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Renew certificate

In my post Resolve certificate error for Synology Diskstation part 3 of 4 I created a SSL certificate for my NAS. Today I received an e-mail notifying me about the expiration of that certificate. Following my original post I created … Continue reading

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Synology SMART test

At home I have a synology DS212J. This is a NAS with some nice features. I configured it to SMART test itself and notify me when something is wrong with one of the disks. Here is how I did this … Continue reading

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Resolve certificate error for Synology Diskstation part 4 of 4

My Synology NAS allows the use of SSL to encrypt traffic. The default certificate supplied works, but gives an exception in the browser: There is a problem with this websites security certificate. The problem is the address and the certificate … Continue reading

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