How to Set Up a QNAP NAS for Home Use | Tips
Let’s go through what you need to know before setting up your QNAP NAS for the first time. This video is for Windows home users. I will cover how to install hard drives into the bays, what a dynamic vs static IP address is, different methods for connecting to your modem, including Power Over Ethernet (POE), what RAID is, setting up shared folders, and mapping folders to your computer.
TIMESTAMPS:
1. Hardware Setup 1:17
1.1 Installing Hard Drives into the NAS 2:16
2. Connecting to a Network 4:53
2.1 Ethernet Connection 5:06
2.2 Wifi Connection 5:25
2.3 Power Over Ethernet 5:57
3. Qfinder Pro 8:03
4. Dynamic vs. Static IP addresses 9:08
5. Initialising Hard Drives 12:02
5.1 What is RAID 12:31
5.2 An example of RAID 13:03
6. The QNAP QTS user Interface 15:06
6.1 Initialising hard drives 15:39
6.2 Setting up shared folders 16:57
6.3 Creating users and groups 19:13
6.4 Mapping shared folders to your computer 20:01
NAS Compares Video of the Initial Setup process for a QNAP NAS:
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Qfinder pro download page:
https://www.qnap.com/en-au/utilities/...
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List of resources and ways you can help:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C...
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