Thank you for this, and I'm good up until 06:33 when you go into network and dsm settings. I don't seem to have a dsm settings tab? Did something change with DSM 7 please Edit: Found it. Now in Control Panel > Login Portal. Might be worth a sticky comment that lets people know. Thank you.

"DDNS, which stands for......*blanks out*.......somethin." LMFAO I laughed so hard hahahah im sorry, amazing tutorial! Thanks for this! Ive literally learned soooo much about Synology watching your channel, I got my whole business running on a Synology NAS now

Great Content! I am setting up my first NAS with your videos here. Very helpful so thank you! And no guessing, I'm subscribed! =]

Appreciate the tutorial. There's a serious lack of Synology-related tutorials for beginners. Would you consider perhaps making a tutorial about Dockers and torrent client/radarr/jackett containers? It took me a whole week to figure it out but it would definitely be amazing.

That's a nice intro today... more engaging and personal than the hype train intro's I've been smashed with on some other channels haha.

@SpaceRex Thank you for all of your videos. I am new to the NAS world and I am learning quite a bit. In terms of security, I know keeping router ports closes is a sure way to keep my system safe. My use of DS220+ is only to sync photos from several smart devices in my home between these devices and the NAS. In order for IOS apps to work (photos app), will I need to have quick connect or DDNS set up for it to work? Thank You!

Thank you for this and all your other videos. I'm moving from completely incompetent to just mostly incompetent. :-) Much appreciated.

I would have thrown this NAS in the ocean if it weren't for these videos.. thank you!

Hi, many thanks for the detailed video. I am having a problem with my router that is not UPnP and although I have created on the synology NAS the 5000/5001 the test is failed! What do I have to do on the router now??? BR

Explained perfectly, I got it working. I previously watched 2 videos from other people which were incomplete, this was the best one.

Great tutorial, It works perfectly. But can you tell me why the adres only works when you add “: port number”? Great tutorials

So by Setting up my Router, Synology didn't find a UPnP Router. What can I do about this?

When I get to the router configuration part in your tutorial, I get the message < Warning: Two or more routers were found in your network. Please consult your ISP to set the modem/router to bridge mode, or try setting your router to bridge mode. I have both a router asus rt-ac88u and motorola MB8611 modem, don't understand what it is asking, seems it is seeing 2 routers on the network.

Hey i got stuck at the last part it said : no UPnP router was found. please click next to proceed to manual installation. What should i do?

Perfect - no muss, no fuss, just straight to the point

quickconnect = UDP Hole Punch, not all networks will work on this connection specially if the end/client device is on a cellular network. proper port forwarding = you need todo some port forwarding and ddns setting, this will always work on any type of networks for as long as you have internet connection. as you see in this video, the port forwarding is not done on the router it self, the reason is the router his using is having UPnP enabled, which is by default is insecure, most routers now a days (specially for router-modem combo that is provided by ISP) have this option disabled by defaults so you might need to dig to your router's manual how to enable it. or you can just port forward it on your own which is recommended.

Hi. When I click on "Router configuration' I receive a message: 'Your gateway setting is invalid'. My default gateway is configured via VPN. I assume this may be the issue. Do you know what could be wrong? Thanks!

Thank you for this great tutorial, I am unable to see a DSM settings from network tab as of 2024/04/04. Do I still need to do this or is synology doing it automatically with the new DSM?

I have a Ubiquiti Dream Machine router. It did not pass the test during router setup. Advice?

I cannot enable quick connect on my NAS. I can only enable it when it is connected to my router, but as soon as I connect it to my switch, it won’t let me log into my account on DSM. Any help?

I do not see Netork -> DSM Settings tab in my DS720+ NAS. I see Connectivity tab instead

How do you use a custom domain to port forward to your synology nas ?

I dont see this page on 6.38. Missing last "DMS settings"

Another top video, well presented and explained. Many thanks! 😎

Great video! But does the DDNS url serve as a way to connect to the NAS via Finder on Mac?

I am no longer able to connect to DSM, can I reset to factory settings on the NAS with loosing all my photos.

I like your videos but your viewers should note that just because you CAN expose your NAS to the Internet doesn't mean you should. I would recommend not using the port-forwarding methods shown here, and always connect to your home using a VPN (e.g. OpenVPN or whatever your router supports). Once you're connected, you can then access your NAS securely as if you were on the local network.

Great stuff. Thank you. Any tips as to how I can do this for a second Synology also on my network? You mention that you have one but with different port numbers

Thanks man. Can you explain what I'd need to do with DDS and the ports if I'm trying to backup two different NASs onto a remote backup server?

I've created a certificate through Let's Encrypt, and was following along with this video (love the videos, btw), but I ran into a problem when we got to 6:35, applying the certificate settings in the Control Panel > Network > DMS Settings step. On my end, (DSM 7.1.1-42962), there is no "DSM Settings" tab in my Control Panel/Network area. There is only "General", "Network Interface", "Traffic Control", "Static Route", and "Connectivity". I did a search in DSM for "DSM Settings", and it came up with no results.

Thanks PaceRex but in the latest of dsm 7.1 where can I find changing port?!

Hi please can you help us and expint it agine after synology update all the apps Thank you

i had quick connect...it stopped working when i moved... now its all greyed out and all i can do is unlink...ddns vs quick connect... u had said one was safe and one was not...which one was it?? router config has never worked... it has a short list of supported routers and mine isnt on it

I followed these instructions, but when it got to the part of detecting my router information it couldn't and wanted me to do this manually. Couldn't do it and so put my settings back to what they where before and deleted the DDSM. Problem is now, every time I try and login through QuickConnect I get a warning that says my connection is not secure. This didn't happen before and no matter I do I can't seem to get the connection to be secure again. Does anyone know how I can fix this please?

Is this something that I will have to set up on both NAS's, or only the NAS that I'm pushing the backups too that's off site?

Hi, Great video but could you please do one on waking the NAS drive from a remote location? The KZfaq video's so show a way to use Networking Tools to wake up a NAS drive, but I can not find this package anywhere, so it there another way?

Super clear. Thanks so much.

Love your videos. Have you updated this under DSM 7 yet? My suggestion, discuss the pros and cons more fully between Quickconnect and Synology DDNS. I am struggling with the speed of access to their photostation/photos apps and wondering idf what you mention in this video regarding the quickconnect/DDNS access would also affect this. Also Synology has a bunch of DDNS options listed now, so maybe mention if the one we select is of any relevance or effect or if simply to aid us remembering. Lastly, if we opt for these, should we start looking at firewall rules? This could be a topic for a whole video actually. The risk of being hacked now is so scary.

Is there a method or a utility of diagnostics to identify if my router/port forwarding is the culprit? I've tried all of your suggestions except installing a VPN Server. Implemented many of your security suggestions from your other video. Quick connect seems to be activated properly but I still can't connect outside of my network. During the DSM process of: Ctrl panel/External Access/Router Config/Set up Router/check network connection scan - I get "no UPnP router was found..." No manufacturer is found when trying to set it up manually.. DSM 7, Synology diskstation 1520+ , AT&T | ARRIS / BGW210 router

Thank you Sir.

My box just asked if I want to add the certificate right after adding the DDNS connection, what a breeze.

Hi, do you ever face to the problem when Synology DDNS detect different public IP address which is not accessible in compare with the public IP address showed on router (which is accessible)?

Thanks first for your clean presentations. I have a question. Can a Synology device be accessed remotely (from a different network) in case my internet connection ip address is not real (not public)? My WD cloud device has a "relay connection" option for remote access that provides me other network connection. This is useful because my university internet doesn't provide me public ip. Please answer. Thanks.

What happens when your router fails the test, how to set this up manually?

Is there an update to this for the latest DSM? I followed the video the best i could and yet I still get an unsecure connection.

Great Things

Thanks for the tutorial! I already have a domain name from an ext. party, just wondering if it is a good/smart idea to also setup a synology one via ddns on the nas itself, as a sort of backup ? What and is in your opinion the speed negatives on using the https port and redirect the http automatically to https? Also I am thinking about using VPN to connect to my nas ( NordVPN account) and what is in your opinion the best way to connect back to my nas from anywhere and everywhere… thanks in advance!!!

Thanks for the video

thanks for the tutorials! Quick question though, you mention the download speed of quicktime but you don't go over how to solve it (or if there to download at decent speeds?). I've been pulling my hair because of that and cannot find solutions on the internet! I'd love to hear your take on that :-)! Cheers!

Can you tell me how you did to have only 192.168.1.123 without port: 4001?

Hi my router is capable of uPnP but I can make it to work with my synology nas. When I do the router check, all passes but the network enviroment. Any ideas how can make it to work? oddly download station automatically set up the appropiate ports under uPnP in my router, plax also. cheers

I have been trying to do that for 8 months. i have asynology ds 918+ and a synology router rc2600. I do have an isp router from AT&T. It tells me I have 2 or more router and can not configure the settings.

At the end he says "type in this host name". What hostname? I went through all of this and now I don't know what to do. Please help.

I need to be able to map a drive to my nas externally and I can't or map using \ as\drivex. Synology has very few routers listed so I have to do it manually which I've tried and can't get it to work. any hints? I have everything setup as you've shown,

How to view devices from outside without port forwarding? Its on multiple devices like NVR, DVR and NAS. How is it done? Thanks!

How do you get you DNS dynamically updated? What if you create an A record but the device IP changes. How will the Synology know what to resolve the IP too?

Watched like millions of times many different videos, still do not understand how this works. Its like rocket science for me. So if i open a port does it remain open for all trying to use my quickconnect or no? does synology photos load faster or not for other people i share link to, so many questions still. Maybe i need a book for dummies or smth cuz i will never understand these internet things fully...

hello, i'm following the intruction, but i'm got trouble when setup the router. because my router not on list?

Thanks for the vid and really appreciate it. One question in regard to the port forwarding. It is being done on the DSM and how about on the actual physical router itself ( which route the network traffic to the Internet)? Justin

how l can redirect http to https , l am have made all necessary requirmets: for example: l have create A record on my sub-domain, and pint it to my public ip and l can accessit but is not redirecting to https , l always have to provide the full path nas.domain.com ? l have done also reverse proxy ? any solution to my case ?

Can I use this tutorial to share my files on other countries?

How much of a security risk is this? When I go through the router configuration part, it is asking to set up port forwarding on the router via UPnP. Would that be a big security risk?

Great tutorial, but you didn't type in the ddns hostname on the address bar. For me, typing in the DDNS hostname brings me to my modem login page. Typing in my DDNS nostname:5000, gives me an error. What do you think I did wrong? Ports have been forwarded through upnp just fine, it seems.

Its necessary to open ports in my router? I want to see the files that I have in my NAS on my mobile phone without my wifi connection but I can´t open ports on my router.

My Synology randomly cannot connect to the internet all of the sudden.

Question: I followed all the steps, except I had to setup the port forwarding manually on my router and added both 5000 and 5001. However, I couldn't connect to my NAS when I typed name.synology.me Please advise. Thanks.

Hi, I think you will not reply this base on history comment, however I need to ask, I don't see dsm setting in Network..

very good video!! but I having a lot of troubles with quickconnect asking me to change to change the DSN address. I have tried everything...NO WAY!! do you have any solution?

Great video as always from you! Can you please give me your opinion for the following ... I set up a DDNS connection on my NAS, I used the DynDNS service, I created an SSL certificate with Lets Encrypt, I left only the HTTPS port from Synology open on my router which I changed from 5001 in another value, I set up the NAS according to your instructions from your NAS device security video. Everything works great, I can connect from outside to my NAS and I have a secure SSL connection. My question is how secure am I in this way of connecting from outside because I don’t use a VPN? My second question while I'm on my local network when I connect to a NAS device via IP address is that my SSL certificate is not active as far as I can see because the padlock in the address bar on the internet browser says that the connection is not secure and I wonder if it is a security problem and if so, can I create another SSL certificate when I connect from my local network to the NAS? Thank you in advance for your reply :)

So, I followed this instruction for DDNS and the signed certificate instructions you've also uploaded, very straight forward, easy to follow with your help. However, when trying to use say, DS File, on my cellphone (while not on the local network), quick connect works but the direct connect option using the *.synology.me hostname just does not work. My router has upnp disabled (by choice), but port forwarding is easy. I chose a different set of ports to use, which I won't disclose here. My NAS is set to a static IP and I've only forwarded the chosen HTTPS port to the NAS ip. @SpaceRex any ideas? Any other ports I need to open? In DSM, the DDNS status reports "Normal".

It gives me error: 400 Bad Request The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port"

DDNS 4:41

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Will using VPN to access or upload/download data make it more secure?

okay, so I just watched your other video explaining how to access the server from finder in your Mac. My question is, how can I access my server from anywhere in the world from finder on my Mac? This way I don't have to open a website and its always integrated into my files.

Can I later change that quickconnect address?

Cool! I didn't know my DS220J could do DDNS! Thank you.

Please act like your router didnt work in the wizard. I don't understand the last step

Can other users created on the nas login through quickconnect?

no mine still say no upnp Routers

missed a couple steps there bud

My DS213 is sooo much slower than yours......

Why does my url mydomain.synology.me redirect me to my router login page after setting this all up? I set up DDNS, am using a certificate from LetsEncrypt as the default, and followed all your instructions. NOTE - the only thing I couldn't do was check the box to redirect http connections, because my Network Settings does not have a DSM Settings tab.