Synology DS920+ Review - Part 2 (Initial Setup)

Today we are going to look at how quickly and easily you can set up the Synology DS920+. At the time of writing this article, the latest operating system was 6.2.3.

For anyone setting up this NAS for the first time I would highly recommend reading the latest documentation from the Synology website: https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/download/DS920+#docs

I would recommend reading the following:
1. Hardware Installation Guide
2. User’s Guide

Inital Setup

Step 1: Follow the Hardware Installation Guide to install all your media etc.

Step 2: Power on your DS920+ NAS.

Step 3: Open a web browser on a computer connected to the same network as your NAS.

Step 4: Navigate to the following address in your web browser: http://synologynas:5000/

Note: If you have an advanced network setup this step may not work in your environment. If you cannot find the DS920+ using the above address please see step 5 below, otherwise continue on to step 6.

Step 5: If you are experiencing issues locating your new DS920+, navigate to https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/download/DS920+#utilities and download the Synology Assistant. For the purpose of this tutorial, we will be using Windows.

Step 5.1: Once you have downloaded the executable. Launch the Synology-assistant-6.2-24922.exe. (At this time of writing, 6.2-24922 was the latest version – please ensure you download the latest version available from the Synology website.)

Step 5.2: Select your language and click OK.

Step 5.3: On the Synology Assistant screen click Next.

Step 5.4: On the EULA screen click “I Agree.”

Step 5.5: Choose your installation location or accept the default and click Install.

Step 5.6: Once installation completes you will be asked to install the Synology Universal Serial Bus Controller.

Step 5.7: Launch the Synology Assistant. Once open, if the application does not automatically start a search, click the Search button. Once Synology Assistant finds the DS920+ the DSAssistant will launch.

Step 5.8: On the DSAssistant page read and accept the EULA and click OK.

Step 6: Once you have successfully located your DS920+ either via Step 4 or Step 5, you will be presented with your default browser and the Web Assistant configuration guide will load. Once you see this screen click “Set up.”

Step 7: There are two options to install the latest DSM onto your new DS920+.

Option 1: Manual Install via downloading the file from the Synology website and uploading manually.

Option 2: Automatically via the internet. If your DS920+ is connected to the internet during initial setup the Web Assistant agent can download the latest DSM automatically.

For the purposes of this blog I have chosen to download the file and proceed with Option 1.

Step 8: Once you select the method to install the DSM the wait begins.

Step 9: Once your DS920+ restarts you will be asked to set up an administrator account. (Enter something meaningful to yourself and don’t forget it :P). Once complete click Next.

Step 10: For the purposes of this blog, we will skip the QuickConnect set up as this can be done later and will be covered in a later blog.