On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 2:52 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > Everything that connects to a network has a MAC address. > > >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. > > No, NFS is WAY harder to get working than SMB. It's the old trade-off, hard-to-setup vs reliable. NFS swings left, SMB swings right. I should think of a better word to use in this context than "swing". I'll think about that later. -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
