Synology Assistant

Synology Assistant is an effective and reliable piece of software worth having when you need to manage and organize Synology DiskStations available in your network. It is a useful program, especially when you have multiple computers working within LAN (Local Area Network).

When you launch the program for the first time, it will automatically scan your network and will display each identified device in the proper list.

In case you decide to minimize the application to the system tray, all the processes will remain active letting you to attach a total number of two printers and share them so other computers available in the network can make use of such devices.

Synology DiskStation(s) comes with a multi-tabbed interface from where you can easily search and connect to a DiskStation, monitor your server’s resources and add a new printer in order to share it.

The first tab, namely ‘Management’ enables you to search for available disk stations in LAN, connect to them, map a drive and set up the WOL option (Wake-on-LAN) so you can turn on a server remotely.

By navigating to the second tab, entitled ‘Resource Monitor’, you are able to easily monitor the available server’s resources, here referring to CPU and memory usage, LAN and volume usage. The Add button launches a new window from where you can select the server you want to be monitored or manually set its connections such as protocol, hostname, port number and name.

Finally, the ‘Printer Device’ tab provides central management of printers attached to your DiskStation, thus sharing them and letting other computers to make use of your device. In case the application is not able to automatically update the IP of your printer, you can manually set the address by selecting the device you are interested in and press the ‘Edit’ button.

To conclude, Synology Assistant proves to be a steady solution when it comes to managing Synology DiskStations and monitoring their resources.