Setup a Surveillance System to Proof Crash of Asus RT-AC1200G+

I write this post is related to ASUS ORDER CUSTOMERS TO PROVIDE VIDEO PROOF ON A CRASH ISSUE THEY HAVE REPRODUCE THAT HAPPENS ON THEM on 1st RMA: From 2017/5/15 till Now section in Asus RT-AC1200G+ Random Reboots Automatically.

Here I use DCS-930L Wireless N Network Camera from D-Link and AS-5102T from Asustor as an example to setup surveillance system and keep track of the light on Asus RT-AC1200G+. I will update with other models in the future.

This is a sink cost owning Asus products when you ask for repair.

Detail Explain of QNAP Malware Remover 2.1.x

In recently issue mentioned in Check And Solve If Your QNAP NAS Has been Injected a CPUMiner Program, QNAP quickly release Malware Remover 2.1.0 to help. Let’s take a look at this program and go detail.

Files Contain Windows Invalid Characters Transferred from QNAP to Asustor Using rsync

I want to copy files from QNAP TS-119P II to Asustor AS-5102T directly. There are many solutions: including ftp, rsync, or mount a shared folder.In my case, rsync is the easiest solution.

TS-119P II runs QTS 4.3.3 while AS-5102T is ADM 2.7.1. Details steps might be different if you are using different firmware versions.

I will also talk about invalid characters in names and how ADM handle it. A must read for non-Windows users.

QNAP TS-119PII with Different Wireless Device on Mac OSX File Transfer Performance Report

I did this test because uploading files to NAS is incredible slow today. The only different is my new WF2190 last week. I spends hours to do a full check of my NAS and eventually find out it is related to driver. I didn’t uninstall D-Link DWA-171 rev A1‘s Realtek driver before installing netis WF2190. During the test, I also learned the difference of my WiFi devices.

Change Default Password for MySQL/MariaDB and phpMyAdmin on NAS

I always need to look for the default password for MariaDB and phpMyAdmin in my NAS. There is no hint at all. Some even change the rules after upgrade. Therefore, I write a note here and share to save your time. This page would be continuously maintained.

How to Remove Unwanted SSH Keys

After re-install my Synology DSM, I cannot use ssh to login DSM. It prompts for following warning message:

Last login: Thu Jun 16 10:11:39 on console
Amigos-Mac-mini:~ Amigo$ ssh admin@192.168.1.142
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that a host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the ECDSA key sent by the remote host is
SHA256:cq9E1KQyJ5Nq3ktPpZ/K1GFydg741lEZKQ3DJxF2DJA.
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in /Users/Amigo/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
Offending ECDSA key in /Users/Amigo/.ssh/known_hosts:1
ECDSA host key for 192.168.1.142 has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.
Amigos-Mac-mini:~ Amigo$ 

In short, I have to remove my previous key. It’s saved in different location with different tools.

How to use root in Synology DSM

You may use “ssh admin@[NAS IP]” to login DSM but not root. They are different user. Most configuration need root access to edit. You have to first ssh as admin then use “sudo su –” to root.

Reinstall Synology DSM

Recently, I boot my Synology DS214SE with error message about my hard drive. After re-initializing and re-installing packages, it still doesn’t work properly. Therefore, I decide to re-install DSM.

Asustor AS-5102T with Mac OSX File Transfer Performance Report

Asustor focus on Intel processors only. They all made with metal case and looks solid. Let’s see if AS-5102T is faster than AS-602T with OSX.

Asustor AS-602T with Mac OSX File Transfer Performance Report

Asustor focus on Intel processors only. They all made with metal case and looks solid. Let’s see how fast AS-602T could be with OSX.