I am building an RFID reader based timing system for running races. This will be a portable system for outside.I have 2 Motorola fx7400 readers connected to a TP Link wireless router via LAN. I have set the preferred client IP addresses for each reader at 192.168.0.102 and 192.168.0.103. I did this as the readers seem to need to maintain their auto DHCP selection or they become impossible to connect to when DHCP is turned off. The problem lies in when I connect the router to the internet (both wirelessly as a range extender, (preferable as this will be how I will connect to my phone hotspot in the field)) or hardwired as a secondary router, I lose communication with my readers. I suspect the internet connection is reassigning my IP addresses but I am unsure. My question is this: How can I maintain my dedicated network of readers while gaining internet access for just my laptop? I am guessing a managed ethernet switch, or is it as simple as reassigning IP addresses? Thanks for any help!

I was watching your videos on how to setup the Qnap ts-464 NAS system. In video 6 you were very emphatic about changing port 8080.... so I did. Now I can't connect to the server using my web browser. What do i do?

Hey, Im new to NAS and im looking for a 4bay solution, preferably Synology because of the software but im open to other brands to use with PLEX for up to 6 people at the same time with transcoding server side.

Hi,

I'm looking for a 12/16 bay rackmount NAS that supports ECC memory. TerraMaster has some models that are very fairly priced, but I could find none that officially support ECC memory. Even the U8-450 model with its Atom C3558R, does not support ECC memory according to the specifications on TerraMaster website. It seems strange to me that a major NAS brand like TerraMaster does not have any models with ECC support.

1. Do any of the TerraMaster 12/16 bay rackmount NAS support ECC memory unofficially?
2. Can you recommend me a non-TerraMaster NAS that is fairly priced for its hardware? I'm going to replace the OS with TrueNAS running under Proxmox, so software doesn't really matter to me.

Thanks,
Arjestin

I've watched your videos. I know you like complicated. We need to walk down two paths at once. I'm 67. I'm an amateur photographer with several hundred thousand raw files. They're scattered not only across different portable hard drives but also across both PC and Mac. My photography has suffered these past years because I've lost the ability to manage my files. Second path. I've owned a dry cleaning company for 50 years. While I was researching NAS I realized that surveillance was possible. I'm looking to accomplish two tasks. Backup my photos and other work plus build a surveillance Network for my 9,000 square ft production facility with 15 cameras. What would you recommend to me? I was all settled on a Synology solution but a direct inquiry with them left me cold. They were talking about an NVR piece of the puzzle that confused me. Dva 1622 really? I don't seem to understand the pathway from the camera to the Nas? KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANKS. Mark

Hi, I purchased the TS653D a number of years ago. I have a SSD memory upgrade for onboard cache but I still get stuttering during my movie playback (Plex). NAS is connected to home network via ethernet. I occasionally get a notice advising my network connection is not fast enough for the movie I am trying to watch (2160P 4K). I aware that the NAS has the ability to connect via the 2 ethernet ports. I am correct in that this increases the streaming speed? If so do I just need to run the 2 cables out of the back to increase the speed and do I need to change any onboard settings, or do I need to upgrade with a card to increase the speed.

Any advice and guidance would be greatly appreciated.

PS I love you youtube videos because your knowledge is 2nd to none. They are very professional and I have yet to see you utter the word 'Um' in any of your videos.

Regards - Mark
(Australia)

purchased a Qnap T-453D several years ago and have not been able to syncronize my desk top
I am an amateur photographer with lots of images on several ext drives and on the desktop Imac hybrid 2019 apprx Need HELP to be able to view , edit in LR/PS and move them onto my NAS setup in some kinda file order

thanks David

I have well over 700 dvd/blu-ray or 4KUD discs to rip and make available for my streaming accessibility.

I have a TS464 which I cannot copy data onto. 

I have the TS464 setup with 4 WD Red 6Tb in RAID5 configuration. These drives are effectively empty. 
I have a Seagate external HDD with ~4Tb which I am trying to copy onto the 464. The Seagate is mounted onto the 464 as an external device.

However I try and copy the data, the 464 either freezes mid copy or crashes and reboots. I have tried all the USB ports on the QNAP and several cables and this is a common issue. If I try and look at the files on the seagate 464 it can open and display the files without any issues; it just won't copy them. I only have about 200Mb of the 4Tb copied across

I have checked the Seagate HDD under windows and all files can be accessed fine, chkdsk finds no problems on the drive. 

Now, I could simply copy the files onto the NAS over the network from Windows; but if I cannot copy from the external HDD onto the NAS then I am not confident that I will ever be able backup the NAS or restore files to it - want to resolve this before I start using it in anger.  

QNAP support refuse to believe there is a problem on the 464 and state the problem must be on the Seagate, despite all the evidence to the contrary. They are refusing to RMA the device. 


Anybody think what could be going wrong here - other things to check or tests to do? This is supposed to be the best in class unit and if it can't even copy files, maybe it's time to leave QNAP behind .

Hi

After watching your DS224+ YouTube video, I was very impressed and thought that I'd seek your opinion. TBH, I tend to use Google Drive for any documents I need fully backed up so my need for a NAS is mainly for video footage from my IP cameras - 6 x Axis cameras streaming 3+MP video files when motion is detected, overwritten every 2 weeks. I've had a DS211J and, on the whole, have been hugely underwhelmed. It's recently fallen off the network (again!) and is completely unreachable. I can see it with Synology Assistant but it has no MAC address, the IP address is unreachable and it's just a total pita. I can rebuild a reinstall the DSM (6.2.4) and it'll work again for a bit but as I last did this just 3 days ago, I'm losing patience and will likely drop kick it into the path of a passing train.

When the Synology NAS works I've been impressed with their software and apps (when they don't crash and hang the NAS) so could be persuaded to remain with Synology.