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Title: DNS-320 as proxy server
Post by: freeman74 on December 16, 2013, 06:00:55 AM

Hi all,

i would like to use my DNS 320 as proxy server. Is it possible?

thank you
Freeman

Title: Re: DNS-320 as proxy server
Post by: albert on December 17, 2013, 04:58:23 AM

What's the reason for doing so?

Title: Re: DNS-320 as proxy server
Post by: hoppo1 on December 18, 2013, 02:39:48 AM

I've not tried it myself but you should be able to get squid on it and the method here should be about the same for the dns320 assuming you are ok with root access etc

http://www.ingmarverheij.com/configuring-proxy-server-on-a-synology-nas/

Good luck.

Title: Re: DNS-320 as proxy server
Post by: baltzatu on December 19, 2013, 09:37:35 AM

You can, and it works. If you put Debian Squeeze on your DNS-320 (download link (http://ftp://ftp.dlink.cz/dns/dns-320/driver_software/DNS-320&325_linuxDebian_revA_Squeeze_all_en_20110111.zip) - installation instructions inside), you can do a lot of things - pretty much everything you can do with a Debian installed with no graphical interface. My DNS-320 works as proxy server (Squid) and email server (Postfix/Dovecot) for almost two years now; I also have Deluge (torrents client daemon with web interface), miniDLNA and ddclient (DynDNS) installed on it.

If your NAS is behind a firewall or a router, like mine, in order to make Squid work you have to forward properly the proxy port.

Please keep in mind that it might not be the best choice, because the CPU and RAM are a little bit too light. Also, the transfer rates between NAS and PC(s) will decrease substantially (mine have dropped at 2/3). I don't need a lot of speed, since I don't use it for backups, but... that's just me.

Good luck.