Newbie Need Help Setting Up Synology 210j

[bart80]

Just bought a Synology 210j. Set up to level one router wbr3460 + media player + TV. After the initial set up, I have encountered a few problems:

1. At first I could detect my nas on the upnp of the media player. A day after that it disappeared, what gives? In the Network section, I have selected the option for getting the network settings automatically from the DHCP server, but this doesn't make any difference for me.

2. I MIGHT have changed the ftp setting on the synology through the dsm, but I re-checked everything back to default. I feel like resetting the nas, but its such a bother cos I'm downloading other stuffs now.

3. I have a 250gb and a 500gb formatted inside the nas. It only shows volume 1 for the 250gb. Is that normal? I can't see the 500gb except under storage management in the dsm.

First post so tell me if I've missed anything, cos it's really frustrating and I have 5 completed downloaded movies that I was hoping to watch this weekend!

 

[ntm1275]

1. This may not necessarily be a problem with the 210j, but your media player
What media player have you got?
Can you see the 210j when using Windows media player on a PC?

2. Are you suggesting this is related to point 1, or is this a separate issue with FTP - a few more details on what you are trying to do with FTP might help

3. What type of volume have you used to set it up, basic, raid 0, raid 1, or the hybrid raid?
If you used standard raid 1, this only allows you to see the smallest size of disk installed, which would be the 250GB one
If you had used the hybrid raid, it would have given about half of the total of both disks - 250 + 500 = 750 divided by 2 = 375 approx