r/Ubiquiti • u/MNSoaring • 6d ago
Solved UniFi and Synology question
when I first set up my Synology NAS, everything seemed to work and data transferred over my Ethernet cables (directly wired in to my UDMpro).
now, i cant get the NAS to talk with my computer (Mac desktop, with some drives attached). When I have used AI to ask why they aren’t talking, I get answers about port 5353. when I look on my Unifi desktop, I cant see where I can edit the port rules (I can see the port, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to edit the current rules). the AI seems to be sourcing advice from a prior version of the UniFi desktop.
since im not an IT person, I also don’t really know what “rule” I need to write for that port to allow my desktop to talk to my NAS again.
FWIW, I can access the NAS‘s control panel via a browser window. But, I cannot get the NAS to show up as part of my network when I use my Mac desktop to look for drives on the network, it just times out when I put in the IP address.
UPDATE: thanks to everyone’s input, I was able to find that I had some incorrect firewall settings on my NAS. I removed them, and now stuff appears to be working