All things relating to Synology, a Taiwanese maker of network-attached storage (NAS) servers and home Wi-Fi routers.
Synology announced a handful of upcoming products and services today at its Synology 2023 And Beyond annual event. Among those, the most exciting are a new version of its well-known NAS operating system, the DiskStation Manager (DSM) version 7.2, and a new Wi-Fi 6 router, the Synology WRX560. DSM 7.2: …
Synology’s latest 5-bay DiskStation DS1522+ NAS server for homes and small businesses is a silent yet significant upgrade in the lineup. While the new server is the intended replacement of its immediate previous model, the DS1520+, I will compare the design with the DS1517+ to show how it’s an (almost) complete …
The Synology RT6600ax and Ubiquiti UDR (UniFi Dream Router) appear to have nothing in common. They have distinctive looks and belong to two approaches regarding home/(semi-)professional networking. But I couldn’t help thinking of the latter while testing the former, which arrived later in the Wi-Fi 6 game—both were kind of …
Synology’s first router in years, the RT6600ax, is finally available today. And, like the Ubiquiti UDR, it’s a near-perfect Wi-Fi 6 machine that does not have a lot of love for Multi-Gig users. For the rest, the new router is as good as can be. And its support for the …
After five months in public beta, the latest version of the popular DiskStation Manager NAS operating system, the DSM 7.1, is officially available today, May 10, 2022, per Synology. That’s the good news. The not-so-good is Surveillance Station 9.0—slated to be a major upgrade of version 8.2—has been delayed. Synology …
Synology today officially announced the availability of the DSM 7.1 Beta, which it first announced in early December last year. “Official” is the key here since the software has been made available for over a week to the general public. But you’re not missing out much. Considering this is a …
This post will help you set up remote access to your Synology NAS server using Synology’s built-in QuickConnect and Dynamic DNS. Both of these methods have pros and cons, and you’ll figure out which, when, and how to use each by the end of this page—that’s the idea anyway. Remember …
As the name suggests, the Synology DS1821+ is of yesteryear. It’s even older than that—Synology first announced it in 2020. But it’s still going to be the latest Synology 8-bay NAS for homes and SMBs for a while—Synology likely won’t release its replacement this year. What’s most notable, though, is …
Apart from the all-new and exciting Wi-Fi 6 router, Synology today also announced a few major news items on its network-attached storage (NAS) front, including the release of DSM 7.1 and Surveillance Station 9.0. DSM 7 came out early this year and proved to be a significant release that rang …
If for some reason, you find the six-bay DS1621+, which I called the “ultimate home NAS server of 2021”, not spacious enough, there’s now another option. Indeed, today, Synology unveiled the DiskStation DS2422+. Synology DS2422+: A new NAS of an all-new expansion solution As the name suggests, this is the …
