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@PolanskimanThanks for you help mate. Appreciate it

Thanks for the help. To make a long story short. I had entered the wrong MAC address in... During my installation I had copied the MAC of the computer I was using to make my USB 🙄. Once I realized my mistake I proceeded to find the MAC of my new server and update it correctly. I found the MAC by beginning to install Windows on the pc (I always have a usb with windows install on it) until I could see the pc connected to my router and then copied it across. first, I just tried updating the grub.cfg but still couldn't see it. Next, I went back to the beginning and reformatted the USB and reinstalled everything from scratch and... BOOM! It's all working now. I know there are easier ways to get the MAC address from a pc without an operating system but beginning the install of Windows only took me 5 minutes before it showed up on my network. Maybe if someone has an easier solution they can add it to the installation instructions here. Thanks for the response and hope this helps someone else. One last thing, I have been reading up on which DSM to install and if anyone has any advice for my specs I would be grateful. I am running an i5 7500 with 8gb Ram. I will use my server for Plex, surveillance backup, and storing Data. I just want the most stable and future proof build and I know Google is my friend but still am unsure if I should choose DS918+ for the hardware encoding advantage or DS3617 as it seems more popular... Cheers

Hi, I have been trying to install Xpenology using "DS3615xs 6.1 Jun's Mod V1.02b.img", "DSM_ds3615xs_15217.pat" and installing "extra3615_v4.8" because I originally (and still) couldn't see the server on "find.synology.com" (and reading the info showed that the drivers for my NIC were included on it). I don't have any problems setting up my usb but still cannot see the server on my network. I have now tried installing DS3615 and DS3617 with and without "extra.Izma". This is driving me crazy... My system I am installing on is an Asus Z270H motherboard with Intel® I219V CPU i5 8500 The system will boot perfectly and goes to the screen advising you to search using "find.synolgy.com". Several searches later i still cannot find it to install DSM. Can anyone advise me of what is the next step I should take to solve this problem. If there is more information I need to include please in this post let me know.

Hi, My setup is as follows: Xpenology 1 (DSM 5.2) 2X500GB HDD running in RAID Xpenology 2 (DSM 5.1) 1X3TB HDD I want to simply remove my 3TB HDD from "Xpenology 2" and then install it into "Xpenology 1" while keeping all my files intact. Will "Xpenology 1" recognise this HDD and allow me to access all of my files? Thanks for your help