How do I Setup a Synology Network Drive?

The Synology NAS device is use to manage the data files like photos, videos and other media files. There are features that Synology device provides features like DiskStation manager and QuickConnect to manage and share data easily.

Here, first you will go through informative steps that help you to download the DiskStation manager (DSM) and then how to Setup Synology network drive in DSM using your computer.

So, let’s start the blog straight up with how to launch the web assistant using find Synology URL find.synology.com.

How to Reach Web Assistant in Your Computer?

The Synology web assistant interface helps you to connect your computer to the NAS device and most importantly it helps you to download DSM in your device. Let’s see how you can do it by using some of the easy steps.

Connect Synology Device to Router

• To connect, your Synology NAS device, you have to just connect the Ethernet cable to the NAS internet port and router’s LAN port.
• Then power it on by inserting its power cord to the electric wall socket and pressing the power button (given on the device).

Now, to connect your computer to the Synology NAs device you need to follow down written steps.

Link Computer to Router

• Connect your computer to the same router that is connected to the Synology NAS devices by SSID username and password.
• Then, open the web browser; search the web assistant URL address find.synology.com in it to launch the web assistant in your computer.

Reach Web Assistant and Connect to NAS

• After launching the web assistant in your computer, you have to just find the Connect button in the bottom of the screen.
• Just click on Connect and your computer will connect to the Synology NAS.

Now, let’s have a look how to download the DSM in your computer and then setup the Synology Network drive in your computer.

How to Download Diskstation Manager in Computer?

Just follow some easy steps to the install and create account on it.

• Go to the web assistant in your computer browser and connect the computer to NAS, and then select DSM option at the side bar.
• The DSM tab will open; just download it by clicking the Download icon shown in the screen.
• After installing the DSM, open it and select New to Synology and to create a Synology account.
• You have to enter you Email address, Name and generate a new password and Sign up to Synology network.

After creating a new Synology account let’s see how you can setup Synology Network Drive with help of easy steps written down in next section.

How to Setup Synology Network Drive with Easy Steps?

Here, you will learn how to access the Network drive and map the drive in your computer within easy steps.

• Connect the computer to the router and open windows explorer and select Computer tab.
• The disk management tab of the computer will open up, here find and click on the Map network drive on the top.
• A map drive page will open where you have to choose a drive letter from the drive drop-down menu.
• You will see a Folder field on the window, here you have to enter your Synology NAS and shared folder name.
• Then, click on the Finish button given at the bottom and you will reach to a login window.
• In this window you have to enter the DSM Synology login username and password and click OK.

After applying all the steps, you will successfully map and setup the Synology network derives.

In Conclusion

Here, you have came at the end of the blog, where you have learn how to connect the Synology to the router and to computer by find Synology. Then, you have read the information to download the DSM (DiskStation Manager) and how to setup Synology network drive in your computer. Hope, you have successfully mapped up your network drives with the help of easy steps.