On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:38:47 -0700 wes <p...@the-wes.com> dijo: >> 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. The Red Pro drive and the Synology arrove this morning. I installed the drive, hooked up the power and ethernet and all seems well, except for connectivity. The Netgear R6250 sees it and assigned it 192.168.0.101. The Synology has a power light and four green lights - Disk 1, Disk 2, LAN and Status. The LAN light is blinking and the others are solid, except for Disk 2, since I installed only one 6TB disk. The Synology came with a single printed sheet for instructions. Brief, but adequate to get it put together. At the end it says to go to http://findsynology.com, which brings up a web-based configuration utility. I got through it OK (enabled SMB and NSF, not the others), but must have missed a step, since I can't figure out how to put files on it. Thunar displays a panel on the left which shows devices. If a device is not yet mounted it appears grayed out. The Synology does not appear at all. Poking around in Thunar I found Go > Browse Network, which displays DISKSTATION, R6250, Synology, and Windows Network. None has the folder icon; they look like text files, and all are 0 bytes. I tried clicking on them and got a 'permission denied' message. Right-clicking on Properties I see that they are owned by root:root. I'm probably pretty close, but need help figuring out the rest. Also, I have no idea how the disk is formatted, or even if it is formatted at all. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug