Is it time for you to up your network game? If so, THIS is the episode for you! Padre and Jason Howell take a look at some of the basic features of a Synology Network Attached Storage box in the first of several episodes about expanding your networking horizons. Learn how to automatically backup all the data on ALL the computers in your network, then learn about creating your own cloud, away from prying eyes. It's all coming up... on "Know How"!

Small Network (Google Plus)-- Alex Gomez "Hello Twit Community, Just had a very basic question on the best way to keep a small office connected. I currently have 3 computers and a Western Digital MyBook network drive. I can't seem to find something to backup that network drive on a fixed regular basis. Any suggestions ? " A few thoughts: 1. Western Digital MyBook Network Drives are HORRIBLE. (Slow, unreliable) 2. You want a solution that can be EXPANDED Synology DiskStation 2-Bay NAS (Diskless ~$240 * Dual Core 2.13Ghz XPU * 1GB DDR3 Memory * 2 x Gigabit Ethernet * 2 x USB 3.0 Ports * 1 x USB 2.0 port (Front) * 1 x eSATA Port Stock it with 2 x WD 4TB RED ~$125 And get a 8TB External Drive ~$160 ~$550 What does this give you? * A FAST NAS storage device * Multiple add-on ports (2 x USB 3.0 and 1 x eSATA port) * Hot-Swap capability (So you don't have down-time even if you need to swap a drive) * SUPER expandability of features Let's setup the hardware: 1. Install the drives into the NAS (Allow the NAS to build the RAID) 2. Connect the External Seagate drive into one of the USB 3.0 ports 3. Connect one of the Gigabit Ethernet ports into your switch Here's what we need to do to setup an automatic backup 1. Create a share (or shares) for your users * Control Panel > Shared Folder * Create (Encrypt if you'd like) 2. Create a user account for each user * Control Panel > User ** Do this for each user UNLESS you just want one big shared folder for each user. ** You can also set permissions for each folder so that users have access only to those folders they SHOULD have access to. Now that you're using the Synology NAS for your files... we have one NEAT backup point! 1. Install "Synology Hyper Backup" 2. Run Hyper Backup and choose the Following: * Backup Destination = "Local Folders & USB" -- NEXT * Shared Folder > usbshare1 -- NEXT * Select the folders you want to backup -- NEXT * Skip Applications -- NEXT * Set your schedule -- NEXT * Enable Backup rotation IF YOU WANT (Will use more space) -- Apply Building a Network (Google Plus)-- Rick Rangel "I have perhaps an easy question. I'm thinking of moving to a mesh network but the ones I've looked at only have one or two LAN ports but I need 3 and 4 would be nice in case I need another in the future. So here's the big question... If I have a router with one LAN, can I simply hook that up to a 4-5 port switch? If so, how does the addressing work? Will the router take care of that? And for static local IPs ad well? Thanks." Ok... let's talk about how switching works: ARP: Address Resolution Protocol * ARP maps a network address to a physical address -- For example, "192.168.1.77" isn't actually the name of an adapter on your network, even though it may have been assigned that address -- That-- E

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Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Jason Howell