HP Microserver+XPEnology

easyway · 10 Oct 2013 at 11:17

Hi Folks,

I've got DSM running on my HP MicroServer N54L, and it's running rather well.

Thanks for the setup instructions.

The point of my post is that I seem to be getting other peoples notifications on my Nexus 4 phone, through the DS Finder App.

I've attached a screenshot below. These are not my DiskStations.

So with that in mind, I've turned off all Notifications in the Control Panel.

It seems that the Notifications are sent via Synology servers....?

deuse · 10 Oct 2013 at 15:20

Don't how you got that message but have you setup the nic mac address for your server with it's real address

easyway · 10 Oct 2013 at 21:13

Hi Deuse,

No, its not the real MAC address, do you know how I change it to the real address?

Is there any benefit from having the real MAC address?

Cheers

deuse · 11 Oct 2013 at 10:02

easyway said:
Hi Deuse,

No, its not the real MAC address, do you know how I change it to the real address?

Is there any benefit from having the real MAC address?

Cheers

Yes you get WOL and you stop getting messages and most likely someone else is using the same mac address.

Find out your real mac addy then SSH into the server and follow what it says in the link below.

http://xpenology.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=910#p4226

easyway · 12 Oct 2013 at 22:26

Much obliged. Thanks for all your help.

I'll do it just now.

labcoattech · 3 Nov 2013 at 23:02

Does anyone else find they have to power off by holding in the power button after 30 days or so due to it crashing?

I am running a N40L with 8Gb ram, 2 x 3tb and 3 x 1tb drives

deuse · 4 Nov 2013 at 10:53

Never had mine on that long. Is there anything in the log files?

visibleman · 4 Nov 2013 at 12:03

Got a N36L (8GB Ram, 2x 1TB Seagates) and it's been up for 2 months+ without issue. I'd second Deuse and see if the log files highlight anything.

visibleman · 8 Nov 2013 at 12:11

Has anyone here had any problems using XPEnology with a UPS (auto shutdown etc)?

I've trawled the XPEnology forums but it's a bit of a pain considering you can't search due to the three letter limitation.

deuse · 17 Nov 2013 at 22:38

Looks like 4.3 is ready to test and trantor will up the fix kernel files later(I hope)
But don't forget don't install the latest media server as it's got no transcoding you need version MediaServer-x64-1.1-2403.spk.

As I say it's a test so don't trust it just yet

deuse · 19 Nov 2013 at 14:36

http://xpenology.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1700

Trantor 4.3 repack is out. I've upgraded from 4.2 ok and so far so good. But it's still classed as a test.

deuse · 22 Nov 2013 at 22:03

Has anyone installed 4.3 and changed the vendor file to the right mac address? if so how?
Tried hex editor on the vendor file like 4.2 but no go.

labcoattech · 23 Nov 2013 at 14:39

Is it worth upgrading from 4.2 to 4.3 on a N40L?

deuse · 23 Nov 2013 at 22:20

labcoattech said:
Is it worth upgrading from 4.2 to 4.3 on a N40L?

I would wait a bit if I was you as wol is hit and miss and getting the real mac address to show is not quite there.

update. I've gone back to 4.2 until they sort out the wol and mac address.

Freakbro · 25 Nov 2013 at 09:02

I've been meaning to setup my Microserver now for aaaggess, but I'm a complete novice when it comes to this sort of thing. (I had to google the acronyms you have been using

)

From the other HP thread I did think about using Unraid, but is this better/easier to set up?

It will just be used for media storage, to stream to a WDTV live. I have the 250gb drive it came with and 4 x 2TB drives to setup in a raid (Raid 5?)

deuse · 25 Nov 2013 at 15:28

Freakbro said:
I've been meaning to setup my Microserver now for aaaggess, but I'm a complete novice when it comes to this sort of thing. (I had to google the acronyms you have been using )

From the other HP thread I did think about using Unraid, but is this better/easier to set up?

It will just be used for media storage, to stream to a WDTV live. I have the 250gb drive it came with and 4 x 2TB drives to setup in a raid (Raid 5?)

Which one you going with 4.2 or 4.3?

I'm now back on 4.2 using img off one guy and the pat file from another guy.
Doing it this way it was easy for me to add a few lines to the conf file to get my real mac address and wol working.

edit= you will need a file called "MediaServer-x64-1.1-2403.spk" because synology took out transcoding after that version.
I now use a wdtv(3ed gen) and it works great using windows shares.

If you need help just ask mate.

deuse · 12 Dec 2013 at 12:22

Just thought I would put a few updates for those who want 4.3 plus auto updates from synology.

A guy named iceget has posted a great tool for changing the Nic address http://www.raving.at/

Link to the post to say thanks http://xpenology.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1353&start=60#wrap

To update to 4.3 with update 2

using Trantor's build of 4.3 Go to update, click download. Then go to scheduled tasks and create a custom task

sed 's/flashupdateDeb/flashupdateDeb1/' /[email protected] > /[email protected]
mv /[email protected] /[email protected]

Run this task. Then go to update and hit the update button. Thanks to VeNoM for this.

I've tested it and it work great. Now running 4.3 with update 2 from synology and with the right Nic number and wol is working.

visibleman · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:14

Are there any major differences between 4.2 and 4.3 / Is it worth updating?

deuse · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:27

You best look on the synology main site for the new stuff. I like it now the nic addy is ok and wol is working.
All the android apps work ok as well. I use no-ip for my ddns.

labcoattech · 13 Dec 2013 at 11:56

How easy is it to go from 4.2 to 4.3?