Systems Administrator Resources

Web Browser Troubleshooting

• How to fix a slow Safari

Networking

• Networking@MIT Easy Guide
• List of assigned IPv4 Address Blocks
• Set Firewall on Synology NAS Server DS713+ to MIT only
• VPN and Wi-Fi Network Assignments

Synology NAS Servers

General

• • Synology Support Knowledge Base
  • Synology Download Resources

Email

• • How to set up and turn on the mail server on your Synology NAS. This is a great solution if you want to store archived emails. At MIT it is not recommended you try sending emails through the Synology, but you can certainly use your Synology to store old emails in case your Exchange account gets too full.
  • How to reset the IMAP email server on a Synology

Security

• • Firewall implementation to deny all users except MIT users (must have DSM OS version 5.0-4458 or later installed)
  • In light of the Poodle flaw, disable SSLv3

File Share

• • How to set up and use the Synology Cloudstation (Automatic updating file sharing functionality)
  • How to create SHARE folders on Synology NAS

Backup

• • How to backup from Mac to the Synology NAS with Time Machine