• GENERAL, which is a mounted drive from PT MSTT’s Google Drive account.
Be careful when update or deleting files here, everything happens in GENERAL will also affect PT MSTT Google Drives Folders and Files. Max capacity 50Gb.
• HOME, which your very own home folder. Not shared with any other users. Max capacity 10Gb
3 What’s Inside your NAS?
SYNOLOGY DRIVE
Upon clicking SYNOLOGY DRIVE, it will open up a new
tab which can be used to access files from any platform, including desktop, mobile, and browser(Much like Google Drive).
4 Differences between: File Station vs Synology Drive
FILE STATION SYNOLOGY DRIVE
A centralized file management tool A private cloud for file management for Synology NAS that allows users and sharing that allows users to: to:
Access Synology NAS folders over the Access files from any platform, including internet with a web browser. desktop, mobile, and browser.
Search and manage files and folders. Synchronize and back up files.
View files of various types. Collaborate in Real-Time on documents,
spreadsheets, and slides with Synology Office.
Share private files with external users Manage data by tracking how files are accessed and shared .
Mount remote folders and virtual drives. Stream files to a device only when needed to save space and bandwidth
Drag and drop files between different Keep files and folders in sync across File Station windows. multiple connected Synology systems with ShareSync.
Conclusions:
File Station is to DSM what File Explorer is to Windows, and Synology Drive is akin to OneDrive with the exception is your synced files reside on your server rather than Microsoft server.
5 Connect to NAS outside LAN or WLAN 1
Name Quickconnect
Status NOT RECOMMENDED/UNSECURE
• Capped download and upload speed at 2mb/s.
• Quickconnect will use synology relays if it doesn’t succeed in Reasons hole punching a direct connection. Which is very slow. • Allowing any direct connection without VPN introduces a lot of security risks.
Steps:
● Open http://quickconnect.to/MSTTUserNAS ● Login.
6 Connect to NAS outside LAN or WLAN 1
Name Tailscale
Status RECOMMENDED/MORE SECURE
• UnCapped download and upload speeds.
• Tailscale is fast, stable, and simple VPN. Reasons • Good for incremental deployment, with the ability to add nodes as needed.
Steps:
● Call RSA for invite link.
● Click the invite link. ● Sign-in with whatever account you want. ● Click JOIN TAILNET ● Download Tailscale and follow the installation steps. ● On your taskbar on bottom right corner, locate tailscale icon, ● Right click and tap login ● Then login to your tailscale account ● Choose ptmstt2023 tailnet, and click connect ● Done! You can access NAS MSTT from anywhere in the world. --- ● Additionally you can add a folder as a network drive.
