Hello all,

First of all, I’ll start by saying that I’ll admit that although I’m savvy enough to build my own PC and install windows without all the connectively stuff, my actual knowledge of networking and system ops is limited to about what is shown on the average LTT NAS video.

I’ve reached the point where I really don’t want to be keeping track of my growing collection to external hard drives and now I’m looking to spec a setup for a NAS.

One of my main goals for the system is to be able to access my content (mostly video content) wirelessly from anywhere in my home as opposed to being wired into the NAS. My question is, what does it actually mean in terms of spec-ing the system?

I figure that it probably won’t be responsive as wired, but if I can get “better than youtube loading/buffering speeds” when scrolling the header through my content, then that’s good enough for me.

Thanks!

  • macmaverickk@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You’ll just want to connect a NAS to your router (I highly recommend Synology). If you’re pretty good at navigating operating systems, you’ll be fine with Synology. Just go into the file sharing settings, then enable SMB or FTP (whichever you prefer, FTP is faster, but SMB is more likely to be supported across platforms). Then on your client device, enter the IP address of the Synology (you’ll see this on the Synology dashboard) along with the username/password that you set and you’ll be in! As long as you have a decent router with low interference from neighbors, your media should play wirelessly without buffering.