Synology DSM Tips & Tricks

Did you know you can view your currently open ports on your Synology NAS and monitor their status by using Task Scheduler? And you don’t need terminal for this. In computing, netstat (network statistics) is a command-line network utility that displays network connections and a number of network interface and some network protocol statistics. It … Read more about Synology: Show Currently Open Ports And Their Status

Did you know that you can connect your DSM to external Cloud Services through File Station? From File Station you can connect to different public Cloud Services such as Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and file servers via different protocols such as FTP, STFP, WebDAV and WebDAV HTTPS. This option is particularly useful because it … Read more about Synology: How to Connect Your NAS to A Cloud Service on DSM 7

Many of you have asked me how to keep all the applications previously launched on your Synology DSM 7 desktop open even after sign out/sign in. Today I will teach you how to automatically restart previously launched applications if you have closed the browser by mistake, or simply went to the bathroom and your current … Read more about Synology: Automatically Launch DSM 7 Apps Every Time You Sign In

You set up your Synology NAS a long time ago and now can’t remember which file system you are currently using on it? Today I will teach you how to find out what type of file system your NAS is currently running. Follow the steps below. STEP 1 Please Support My work by Making a … Read more about Synology: How to Determine If You Use Btrfs or Ext4

After seeing my screenshots with Network Stats in Taskbar, a lot of people were curious and asked me how I added network statistics from the widget to the Taskbar in DSM 7. Honestly, it’s child’s play, and today I will explain to you how to apply this little trick that I have been using for … Read more about Synology: How to Add Network Stats in Taskbar