Network Attached Storage 2

As I'm going through all the old posts on EDBv1, I'm realizing that there are things I just haven't updated about - my NAS being one of them.

Earlier this year (2014) Synology released DSM 5.0 for most of their NAS products (some of their products did not fit the DSM 5.0 requirements), and while there were quite a few changes, there is one main one that I was pretty ecstatic about after reading it.

The update was the "QuickConnect" feature that was added, which allows an even easier set-up to access the NAS from the internet. Basically, you register for a MyDS account (which is free) then register a QuickConnect ID (also free), then use the link of "http://QuickConnect.to/[QuickConnect ID]" to connect to the NAS.

The only problem with QuickConnect is that it is based off of the NAS's external IP address, so if your modem's external IP is DHCP and is leased a new IP address after a reboot or disconnect (like I used to have), the QuickConnect link will stop working until you reset the QuickConnect link. So after testing it out, I turned it off, since I didn't really need to access my stuff outside of my house.

It was about mid-September when the phone company came to fix the phone and also fixed the internet connection as well (supposedly, the wires for the internet was loose), and so I decided to turn QuickConnect back on, since it's nice to be able to get files when I'm at my best friend's place (provided the files are on the NAS XD).

QuickConnect is very nice and so much easier than the alternative way - thank Synology for their hard work.