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== History ==
== History ==
* 2024-11-18 Trying to reset this thing so it works again.  
* 2024-11-21 Trying to reset this thing so it works again.
 
* 2024-11-19 Ordered 2 7200RPM Seagate Iron Wolf 12TB drives.
Here is the situation. Wenda has a bwilson account, but I changed something somewhere so bwilson is in /etc/passwd but does not show up in "Users & Groups" in the WUI. I am going to make a copy of everything then do a factory reset. I'd prefer to replace the whole box with a Real Computer but not today. It costs money. Still and all, the drives are now over 4 years old. But hey! They keep working. I wish they did not have moving parts though.
* 2024-11-18 Here is the situation. Wenda has a bwilson account, but I changed something somewhere so bwilson is in /etc/passwd but does not show up in "Users & Groups" in the WUI. I am going to make a copy of everything then do a factory reset. I'd prefer to replace the whole box with a Real Computer but not today. It costs money.


* 2020-02-02 WD Red 8TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD80EFAX
* 2020-02-02 WD Red 8TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD80EFAX
* 2019-06-19 Purchased from Newegg
* 2019-06-19 Purchased from Newegg. Used a couple drives that I had on the shelf initially.
== Services ==
== Services ==


Synology Drive
* DHCP Server
 
* Synology Drive
TimeMachine backups of our Macs.
* Photo Station and Moments.
 
Photo Station and Moments.
 
Git (user is gituser and repositories are in /volume1/git/)


=== Printing ===
=== Printing ===


Brother HL-L2320D laser printer is on a USB port and shows up as "usbprinter1".
Brother HL-L2320D laser printer is on a USB port and shows up as "usbprinter1".  
There is no driver for it on the Syno at DSM release 6.2 so Wenda thinks it's some other Brother.


Windows
==== Windows ====
The way to get printing working on Windows was to install Synology Assistant and then let it locate Wenda and the printer. I downloaded and installed the Brother drivers first.


The way to get printing working on Windows was to install Synology Assistant
==== Mac ====
and then let it locate Wenda and the printer.
Finds it over Bonjour. Select the printer driver manually.
 
I downloaded and installed the Brother drivers first.
 
Mac


Finds it over Bonjour. Select the printer driver manually.
==== Linux Mint ====
I don't remember doing anything special, it just showed up when I looked for printers. Probably Bonjour.

Revision as of 18:10, 21 November 2024

Wenda is a Synology Diskstation DS218J

Wenda is a NAS, so, I store files on it.

History

  • 2024-11-21 Trying to reset this thing so it works again.
  • 2024-11-19 Ordered 2 7200RPM Seagate Iron Wolf 12TB drives.
  • 2024-11-18 Here is the situation. Wenda has a bwilson account, but I changed something somewhere so bwilson is in /etc/passwd but does not show up in "Users & Groups" in the WUI. I am going to make a copy of everything then do a factory reset. I'd prefer to replace the whole box with a Real Computer but not today. It costs money.
  • 2020-02-02 WD Red 8TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD80EFAX
  • 2019-06-19 Purchased from Newegg. Used a couple drives that I had on the shelf initially.

Services

  • DHCP Server
  • Synology Drive
  • Photo Station and Moments.

Printing

Brother HL-L2320D laser printer is on a USB port and shows up as "usbprinter1".

Windows

The way to get printing working on Windows was to install Synology Assistant and then let it locate Wenda and the printer. I downloaded and installed the Brother drivers first.

Mac

Finds it over Bonjour. Select the printer driver manually.

Linux Mint

I don't remember doing anything special, it just showed up when I looked for printers. Probably Bonjour.