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This is a simple guide to help new users become acquainted with Synology PhotoStation 2, Synology’s Photo Serving software. For all further questions, comments, please direct please visit our corporate website Synology Inc. or our community forum. Please note that this guide assumes that the Synology Server is installed, and that the Synology Assistant has been installed on the local computer. Please refer to your Quick-Install-Guide to learn more on how to do this.
Step 1
- A) Launch the Synology Assistant
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Step 2
- A) Select the server which will eventually share the photos
- B) Select the Manage key on the left hand side
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Step 3
- A) Log into the Synology Server Administrative Interface (aka: WebGUI) as Administrator.
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Step 4
A new user account has to be created to use the resources of the server correctly. This new user account will be the basis of all information access for the Synology Server. It can also help manage which users have access to what data, in a multi-user environment.
- A) Click on Privileges
- B) Click on User
- C) Click on Create
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Step 5
- Create a user profile; in this case we will be using “pyth” as an example
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Step 6
- Note that the system now recognizes the new user “pyth”
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Step 7
Now enable the Photo Station Service
- A) Click on Network Services
- B) Click on Web Services
- C) Click to Enable Photo Station
The system will automatically enable the Photo Station service and create a new system share called “photo”
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Step 8
Now the user permissions have to be setup for the “photo” share folder, which was automatically created by the Synology Product.
- A) Click on Privileges
- B) Click on Privilege Setup
- C) Make sure that “photo” is selected under “Choose a shared folder”
- D) Note, under “privileges setup”, that “Admin” has “RW” privileges
- E) Select “admin – RW” from the right column (‘Privileges setup”) and press the “Remove” button in the middle
- F) Then select “users” underneath “==Local Groups==” from the left column (“User”) and press the “Writable (RW)” button in the middle
- G) It should present the following
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Step 9
Now it’s time to add photos!
- A) Please go to [Start] -> [Run] and type “\\cubestation\photo” where “cubestation” is the name of the Synology product
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Step 10
- A) Copy images “My Pictures” to the Photo Share folder of the Synology Product
- B) Here is where you can also add videos to be viewed online
- a) For example, place your videos under the path \\cubestation\photo\MyVideos
- For a list of supported multimedia files for PhotoStation2 + Video, please look here
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Step 11
Using a web browser, connect to the Photo Station via by entering this link into the web browser “http://cubestation/photo/” where “cubestation” is the name of the Synology Product. The image above should be similar to what is currently displayed on the screen. At this moment, the images are only viewable within the Local Network, to have these images viewable on the Internet, please read on
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For the following steps, port 80 will have to be forwarded from the Internet to the CubeStation. Ports for example, are specific access “doors” which various computers will respond too. Much akin to forwarding a phone call from New York, NY to Seattle, WA; port forwarding forwards a call from the Internet, to the local network, and into the Cube Station, where the Cube Station (or Synology Product) will pick up the call and respond. Please consult with the router’s manual or Network Administrator to perform these steps.
Step 12
This is an example of a port forward screen in a D-Link DI-524 Router. To forward a port from the Internet to the CubeStation, the following information is required
- A) The Local IP Address of the CubeStation (example, the “local telephone number”). This information can be found Under the [WebGUI] -> Click “Information” -> Click “Summary” and look for “IP Address”. Usually this is 4th line from the top, and usually contains the following sequence of numbers “192.168.xxx.xxx” where “x” is a variable, depending on the network.
- B) The port to be forwarded, in this case it will be 80
- C) Access to the Router’s WebGUI interface.
- D) What needs to be done is to set up the router, where it will take any “calls” on port 80, and send those requests to the “cubestation”
- E) From the image above, it is setup where any Internet (WAN) call on port 80 will be automatically directed to the CubeStation (192.168.0.39) to answer.
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Step 13
Upon the successful completion of forwarding port 80, the last bit of information needed to share pictures on the Internet is the WAN IP address (or Internet telephone number) of the broadband modem. To determine this, please launch a web browser and visit this link http://www.whatismyip.com
It will present 4 groups of numbers, which can be up to 3 digits wide, and separated by a dot, like this example above, or this generic address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
So this sequence of numbers is the address to the broadband modem, and if the port is properly forwarded, entering the following in the web browser: http://207.115.86.42/photo (or generically, http://www.myIP_Address.com/photo/) will display the photo station, from the Internet.
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Step 14
As shown above, looking at the address bar shows that the address being used is the WAN address, and that the pictures are now viewable from the internet. Now the images are shareable friends, family, or anyone that needs to see them.
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