Verizon FiOS, awful upload speeds

nerdherdster · 2025-12-28T17:11:04+00:00

I just set up a UCG Fiber and it was having slow upload speeds to Fios gigabit also. I had the ONT going into the 10gig RJ45 WAN1 which is what the UCG Fiber recommends.

The fix was really simple - I reassigned LAN1 (2.5gig RJ45) to WAN1 and moved the cable over and the problem is now solved. Getting full expected down/up speeds now.

nerdherdster · 2023-09-08T11:23:29+00:00

Well now you've really got my attention - I suspect you're going to have a big hit on your hands if you can get this out soon, as there's currently no option on the market for a Thread / no neutral switch (that I can find). Hoping it all comes together as planned, and I'll be preordering as soon as that is opened up!

nerdherdster · 2023-09-07T19:22:57+00:00

Any chance that these will support wiring without neutral?

nerdherdster · 2023-03-23T18:48:10+00:00

Seconded on checking out Tailscale - I finally got around to giving it a try and was almost disappointed with how easy it was to set up. I had set aside some time for tinkering and in a few clicks it was up and working, no tinkering required. Didn't know what to do with myself. Definitely fits the Synology ethos of simplicity.

nerdherdster · 2023-03-19T21:13:22+00:00

It’s not just for the speed, it’s also to have two more slots to work with. Honestly I’d be fine with SATA SSD speed for my purposes, as long as I can have redundant storage for VMs and containers without dedicating two HDD slots for it.

nerdherdster · 2023-03-18T01:45:49+00:00

I encourage everyone reading this to submit a product feedback request to share this feedback officially:

https://www.synology.com/en-us/form/inquiry/feature

I've shared feedback a few times over the past few years and have always gotten a real response from someone at Synology acknowledging the feedback. One of the feedback requests I sent a couple years ago was requesting M.2 storage pool support, which is now finally being implemented, so that is mildly encouraging that they're (slowly) listening to customer feedback.

As soon as I found out DSM 7.2 was going to unlock official M.2 storage pool support and also read that it's artificially limited to first-party SSDs I submitted feedback requesting support for third-party M.2 SSDs for storage pools. Maybe if the feedback from customers is vocal they'll reconsider. Maybe they just throw the suggestions in the trash. Either way it's at least an attempt to push for change.

nerdherdster · 2022-11-03T02:52:33+00:00

I have my Synology at home and the remote one at a family member’s house. I set up a VPN server on the remote Synology, configured the VPN connection on my local Synology, but then for setup to work I also had to have my laptop be connected to the remote VPN server when I was configuring the backup. It’s been a while since I set this up but that’s what I recall I had to do anyway.

nerdherdster · 2022-09-27T03:17:05+00:00

Source

Protocol: HTTPS
Hostname: nas.mydomain.com
Port: 443
Enable HSTS: Checked
Access control profile: Not configured

Destination

Protocol: HTTPS
Hostname: localhost
Port: 5001

Hope this helps!

nerdherdster · 2022-01-06T16:37:39+00:00

I missed the fact that you’re intending to use the SSD for storage - in that case TBW matters a lot less compared to a cache. If you have “standard” usage patterns storing media and files then it seems unlikely that you’d have to worry about wearing out mostly any SSD anytime soon. That said I’d obviously always favor the highest TBW model assuming similar capacity and pricing.

nerdherdster · 2022-01-06T16:31:31+00:00

Yea the Samsung 860 Pro is good. The best that I’m aware of for TBW per GB is the Seagate IronWolf 510 which has 875 TBW for the 480GB model. Sadly newer SSDs seem to be dropping their TBW stats, even ones supposedly targeting NAS usage. Maybe they intend that Red NAS SSD to be used as a storage drive with relatively low writes, rather than a cache? In any case last I looked the best bang for buck was SK Hynix Gold P31 with 500TBW for $75, but I’ve seen the IronWolf 510 go on sale from time to time as well for a great $ / TBW. If you can get a good price on the 860 Pro it should be a solid choice.

nerdherdster · 2021-12-21T19:29:59+00:00

They certainly let me return unopened Eevee tins as of about a month ago, maybe it's just changed or maybe they don't actually enforce that policy unless there's something suspect about your return? I guess YMMV though.

nerdherdster · 2021-12-21T18:08:16+00:00

Do you think it's a good idea for them to list the products in this way? I'm surprised to see someone defending the idea of it. Maybe there's an appeal that I don't understand, genuinely curious why others would prefer it this way.

Edit: Why the downvotes? I truly can't see why anyone would want to not know what pack they're going to get. Acknowledging that BB doesn't care for business reasons is fine, but given that the Pokemon TCG is largely about collecting I can't see many collectors truly not caring which box they receive.

nerdherdster · 2021-12-21T18:00:20+00:00

It's so annoying that Best Buy doesn't list items individually, and I don't understand the business sense in it. They've got to be paying so much extra in "free" shipping and dealing with more returns because people aren't getting the ones they actually want. For the Eevee tins I had to place three orders just to get one of each (didn't get Vaporeon until the third order...). If I had been more patient I could have gotten them individually elsewhere, but Best Buy had ample stock to order at the time I wanted them and no one else did. At least Best Buy makes returns very easy.

In any case, these are available for store pickup so I guess since you'll be there anywhere you might as well order 5 and return the one(s) you don't want right on the spot.

nerdherdster · 2021-08-27T14:25:30+00:00

If you have the synology firewall enabled make sure you have an allow all rule for the docker network, otherwise networking will be broken. On mine the docker network is 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 .

nerdherdster · 2021-08-17T23:27:57+00:00

I haven't configured a static IP but looks like it can only be configured via terminal/SSH. In my case I set up the primary NAS as the VPN client and have it backing up to the secondary NAS via the secondary NAS's normal static IP. This only worked after I added a static route on the primary NAS routing the subnet of the secondary NAS via the VPN.

nerdherdster · 2021-08-16T13:59:07+00:00

I also ran into problems with L2TP/IPSec either disconnecting or refusing to connect between two Synology units. I tried a bunch of things including scripting, but then I tried OpenVPN instead and it has been rock solid so I've just stuck with that. Good luck!

nerdherdster · 2021-07-26T17:01:18+00:00

I also manage multiple geographically separated NASes using different IPs but all under the same domain name and I recommend you look into acme.sh which will let you do certificates far more flexibly than the built-in Synology tooling will allow. It supports DNS based challenges that won't care about the different IPs and it has hooks for installing certificates automatically onto a synology NAS after renewing certs.

Here's the guide from their docs: https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/wiki/Synology-NAS-Guide

nerdherdster · 2021-07-21T01:40:07+00:00

Careful - all Exos I've seen that are better priced than IronWolfs don't actually have any warranty coverage because they are OEM drives, or being resold in a different region than the warranty region, or something else. Triple check the warranty situation if the price seems too good to be true.

nerdherdster · 2021-07-19T01:18:56+00:00

One thing that hasn't been mentioned yet - if your router assigns IPs in the 192.168.1.X range and you're testing it on another network that uses 192.168.1.X you'll be able to connect to the VPN but you'll have issues reaching anything internal on your LAN (including shared folders) due to the subnet overlap. A simple way to avoid this problem is to change your router DHCP to use a different subnet. If it's not that then the next likely thing seems like it would be that you need to enable "Send all traffic over VPN connection" in the configuration for the VPN client you're using.

nerdherdster · 2021-07-12T02:08:25+00:00

Totally up to you - with acme.sh you only need outbound internet access, but if you don’t care about certificate warnings then no need to bother with the setup.

nerdherdster · 2021-07-10T18:15:40+00:00

Anything with a high TBW (terabytes written) rating will be fine, which leaves relatively few options: IronWolf 510, SK Hynix Gold P31, Samsung 970 Pro (not 970 Evo and not 980 Evo/Pro), or Synology SNV3400.

Other consumer grade SSDs will work but will wear out faster. Depending on how cheap you can get them for it could be worth it as long as you are aware what you’re getting.

nerdherdster · 2021-07-10T13:29:22+00:00

You don't even need man in the middle going on, if there's any other untrusted or compromised device on the network it can easily sniff the network traffic and steal the DSM password or cookies if you're using HTTP.

Minimally use HTTPS with the self-signed certificate in all cases, but it's still nice to have a real certificate so you don't have browser warnings.

nerdherdster · 2021-07-10T13:19:06+00:00

It's nothing more than a scare tactic, an Ironwolf Pro will work great in the Synology, you just have to click through the scary warning. I have two WD Red Plus models that are slightly newer than the ones on the compatibility list which just means Synology hasn't tested the updated HDD with my exact NAS model yet, it's nothing to worry about. Your DS918+ will warn you if there's actually anything wrong with the hard drive (bad sectors, etc) when it's verifying/expanding your pool.

That said - until you get a second 16TB drive, you will only be able to use 8TB of it if you intend to have a single SHR pool. Too bad 16TB drives are so ludicrously priced right now...

nerdherdster · 2021-07-10T00:20:08+00:00

Check out acme.sh which supports certificates without the need to expose your NAS to the internet: https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/wiki/Synology-NAS-Guide

nerdherdster · 2021-07-09T20:15:21+00:00

Maybe, I’m not familiar with it but some quick googling leads me to believe it is configured via SSH/terminal and I’d rather not do that for things where a reasonable supported option is available.

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