Synology’s directions are here<\/a>. If you’re on Windows, use the CIFS file mount instructions. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMount the USB drive inside your home directory as extbackup<\/code>. Use the IP address of your PC on your network as the remote server and extbackup<\/code> for the remote folder path (i.e. 192.168.1.101:\/extbackup<\/code>). Map this to \/extbackup<\/code>. You should have something like this:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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