Synology DiskStation DS212j User manual

Synology DS212j Setup
NOTE : These instructions show how to set up the appropriate folders for use with a Naim Music Server only
and are not configuration instructions to enable a Naim UPnP client to use the NAS as a music source directly.
NOTE : The UPnP server that forms part of the software on this NAS is not endorsed by Naim Audio and should
only be used with our UPnP clients once the customer has ascertained that the software provides at least the
minimum functionality and stability that the customer requires - Naim Audio cannot be held responsible for the
functionality of, or any bugs in, the UPnP server software on this NAS. Naim Audio recommends the use of its
own Naim Music Servers for best functionality and quality when used in conjunction with a Naim Audio UPnP
Client playback device.
NOTE : These instructions were created using a Synology DS212j NAS running firmware that was current at the
time of writing. Other versions of firmware (or other models of Synology NAS) may be slightly different to these
instructions however should be broadly similar. Naim Audio cannot be held responsible for any discrepancies
between these instructions - which are provided as-is - and your specific NAS.
We shall assume that you have installed the drives in the unit, have installed the Synology Assistant software
on your computer either from the manufacturers CD (if applicable) or by downloading it from the
manufacturers website and have installed the NAS operating software (if applicable) in accordance with the
manufacturers instructions.
We will now concentrate on setup for use specifically with any of our Naim Music Servers (UnitiServe, HDX or
NS0x) under Windows here, however, setup under OSX will be the same as the Synology NAS uses a web-
based setup interface and these instructions should be applicable for all operating systems with any
differences being restricted to any specific display characteristics of the browser that you choose to use.
Firstly you should run the Synology Setup Assistant application which will scan your network for NASs and
should find your NAS and list it under the name that you gave it during the initial setup - in the example here I
have named our NAS "MusicNAS"...
You should highlight the entry for "MusicNAS" and click "Connect"...

Enter the "admin" username and password that you created in the initial NAS setup and click the "Right
Arrow" icon to the right of the password to login to the NAS administration pages.
If it is the first time that you have entered the NASs administration pages then you may be presented with the
"Setup Wizard" screen - we don't need to use this so if you are, just click the little red "X" symbol in the top-
right of the "Welcome To DSM Quick Start Wizard!" window to close it.

Locate the "Control Panel" icon on the left hand side of the configuration page and click on it and the "Control
Panel" menu will open.
Locate the "Win/Mac/NFS" icon under "File Sharing and Privileges" and click on that and the "Win/Mac/NFS"
Control Panel will open.

Ensure the "Enable Windows file service" checkbox is ticked and that the "Workgroup" name is set to "Naim"
(this ensures that the NAS and the Naim Music Server are in the same network workgroup) then click "Apply".
Click "Yes" to accept your changes...

...and then click the "Home" button in the header of the "Control Panel - Win/Mac/NFS" window to go back to
the main "Control Panel" window.
Now, locate the "User" icon under "File Sharing and Privileges" and click on that and the "User" Control Panel
will open.

By default the Synology NAS has the "Guest" account disabled - this is fine from a security standpoint however
for our uses is a little unnecessary so we will enable the Guest account to make setup easier. To do this,
highlight the "Guest" entry and click "Edit" to bring up the user edit page for the Guest account.
Ensure the "Disable this account" checkbox is cleared (it is set by default) and click "OK" to go back to the
"Control Panel - User" window...

...and then click the "Home" button in the header of the "Control Panel - User" window to go back to the main
"Control Panel" window.
Now, locate the "Shared Folder" icon under "File Sharing and Privileges" and click on that and the "Shared
Folder" Control Panel will open.

We are now going to create the three folders that we need for use with our Naim Music Server. I am going to
call these "NaimRips", "NaimBackup" and "NaimDownloads" and I would suggest that for ease of configuration
you use the same or similar names to differentiate them easily. Let us now click on the "Create" button
towards the top left of the "Control Panel - Shared Folder" window to open the "Create New Shared Folder"
window.
Enter the name of the shared folder that you wish to create into the "Name" box (in this case "NaimRips") and
if you wish, you can enter a description too, I usually use "Folder for the storage of Naim Music Server ripped
audio files.", then click "OK"...

...to go to the user access rights page for this shared folder. For ease of configuration (and as there is no
personal data stored by our servers) then we are going to give these folders what is called "Full Guest Access"
which means the folders can be accessed without a username and password. To do this ensure the "Read /
Write" checkbox is ticked on the "guest" line and click "OK" "Control Panel - Shared Folder" window.
You will see that there is now a shared folder listed called "NaimRips". You now need to create the
"NaimBackup" and "NaimDownload" folders in exactly the same way so create the "NaimBackup" folder by
clicking "Create" and following exactly the same steps to create the "NaimBackup" folder then do the same
again to create the "NaimDownloads" folder...

Once you have finished creating the folders you should see them all listed as above.
You can now close the NAS configuration screen and set up the "NaimRips", "NaimBackup" and
"NaimDownloads" folders as a store, a backup location and a shared folder respectively using Desktop Client
on a PC, n-Serve on OSX, the server web interface from any Adobe Flash capable web browser (as per the
Naim Music Server manual) or the front panel display on an HDX or NS03.
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