bdazla Posted January 2, 2016 Share #1 Posted January 2, 2016 Hi All, as the title suggests, what is the reason behind using a valid mac and serial? Does this enable features or allow features to work correctly? Or is there some other reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbv3000 Posted January 2, 2016 Share #2 Posted January 2, 2016 I think its so that the system can be registered with Synology to use their DDNS and other services for remote access etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdazla Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted January 3, 2016 Ahh right. So if you don't plan on using it for any inbound services then you don't need to worry about it? If you have multiple interfaces, do they all need to have valid mac and serials? Or just the primary NIC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbv3000 Posted January 3, 2016 Share #4 Posted January 3, 2016 id imagine it best to have all your interfaces with 'valid' details if you intend to use the syno ddns, that way, if the traffic to the syno servers goes on a different adapter you wont lose your registration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javakias Posted January 4, 2016 Share #5 Posted January 4, 2016 Hi All, as the title suggests, what is the reason behind using a valid mac and serial? Does this enable features or allow features to work correctly? Or is there some other reason? Like already answered, it only affects some Synology features like DDNS and enables WOL. If you don't need them, just leave it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdazla Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted January 5, 2016 Cheers guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polanskiman Posted January 5, 2016 Share #7 Posted January 5, 2016 The purpose is as described here above but that implies that you would then be abusing Synology's services. In fact I am not so sure it is even possible anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javakias Posted January 5, 2016 Share #8 Posted January 5, 2016 I can confirm that until 5592 (which I use) the Synology services will work correctly, if you assign MAC and SN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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