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Screwed up your Synology NAS network settings?

Today I made a stupid change to the network settings on my Synology NAS, and it resulted in the IP being inaccessible, and therefore the management interfaces (http/ssl) too. At first there was a short panic that I would have to reset something to get access, which really feels like using a hammer to crack a nut as the old saying goes. Then I thought of a simple back up route that got me in, so I thought I’d note it down to help someone else (or myself next time I do this).

(Side note: I do believe there is a type of reset you can do that just resets the network settings, but I’ve not tried it).

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ESXi Autostart Start Delay, Stop Delay & Stop Action

I spent a lot longer than I would have liked today googling for more information on the ESXi Autostart options of Start Delay, Stop Delay and Stop Action. In the end my friend Keith’s Google-Fu was stronger than mine and he pointed me in the right direction. Because the articles we found (listed below) don’t use exactly the same terminology (hence me not finding the answers I wanted) I decided to summarise them here with the “correct” terminology of the latest ESXi 7.0 UI.

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Convert Aruba Central AP to Campus AP

As I started playing around with Aruba kit I found myself wanting to change the two lab AP’s I had from Instant AP’s, to Central AP’s and then to Campus AP’s. I could find instructions on taking Instant AP’s to Campus AP’s, or Instant AP’s to Central AP’s, but I could not find instructions for taking a Central AP to a Campus AP. Having figured it out I wanted to document it to help others.

TL;DR:
1. Unsubscribe AP(s) from Central
2. Open local web UI on the AP
3. Go to Maintenance > Convert

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