On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:38:47 -0700 wes <[email protected]> dijo: >On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 12:25 PM, John Jason Jordan ><[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:23:02 -0700 >> wes <[email protected]> dijo: >> >> >Most NAS devices support multiple protocols. NFS is relatively rare >> >these days. I would expect it to support SMB (Windows-style file >> >sharing) which is supported fairly ubiquitously. >> >> >From the Synology description/features sheet: >> >> The Most Compatible Sharing >> Enjoy seamless files sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux >> platforms as DS216j offers comprehensive network protocol >> support including FTP, SMB2, AFP, NFS and WebDAV. >> >> Whichever of these is the easiest is the one I want. :) >> >> Ideally the contents of the drive would be visible in a Thunar window >> so I can just drag and drop files the same as I do with my current >> USB 3.0 external drive. It would make my life a lot easier if I >> don't have to access the drive from a separate FTP program or web >> browser.
>This is exactly how SMB works. Thunar probably has a "connect to >another computer" or similarly-worded option somewhere. This is what >you'll use the first time. Then you can create a shortcut on your >desktop and just not worry about it any more. At least, not til your >router assigns the device a new IP address. Assuming the Synology NAS enclosure has a Mac address or some other way that my router can identify it, I can just assign it an IP address in the router. I have already done that for all the computers, printers, and other paraphernalia on my home ethernet. Each device also has a label on it displaying its IP address. I discovered a long time ago that labels are more reliable than the mysterious functions of my hippocampus. >From my limited experience with NFS, that is also how it is supposed to work, except I could never get it fully working. The problem was getting my desktop computer to mount an external USB drive connected to the laptop. I could mount /media/jjj on the laptop, but nothing further. Considering my failure with NFS, I'm ready to try SMB2. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
