cant see synology diskstation

dunnery · 06-26-2017, 08:49 PM

Hi Guys, hope you are doing great!
I have a synology diskstation DS411J. I used to able to see it on my debian machine but its not there anymore. It used to appear on the network list. I can see all my mac computers on the debian system but not the synology. i dont what Ive done or whats happened. I have tried to read a lot of the 'how to' online but I dont understand enough of it to risk my machine. does anyone have a simple method of getting acces to a nas on a network on debian. thank you

michaelk · 06-26-2017, 09:22 PM

Can the other computers "see" the NAS?
I assume the NAS is functional and you can access its web configuration pages?

Can you access the device directly by selecting in the file browser menu Go -> location and entering
smb://NAS_ip_address or smb://NAS_hostname (and press enter)

If smbclient is installed you can see the NAS's shares via the command
smbclient -L NAS_hostname or smbclient -L NAS_ip_address

Press enter when prompted for a password.

Have you configured other services like ftp or nfs etc on the NAS?

dunnery · 06-26-2017, 09:50 PM

I typed in the ip of the nas. typed in the passwrod and user name and it tries to connect but then it just times out.

do i have to type spomething before the ip? on the macc i type afp before the actual address? im not sure what is worng.

dunnery · 06-26-2017, 09:53 PM

im trying different settings . ftp times out. ssh times out.

dunnery · 06-26-2017, 09:54 PM

ive never gotten into the mechanics of this before so i havent a clue what im doing

michaelk · 06-26-2017, 09:56 PM

You would type in smb://

smb://NAS_ip_address

erik2282 · 07-05-2017, 08:44 AM

go the webgui of the nas and see if samba/cifs is enabled. See attachment. I have a Synology nas, too.