Windows File Service

Windows file service allows Windows clients to access data stored on the RackStation. If you would like to browse files on the RackStation via Windows Explorer or mount shared folders as network drives, please enable this option.

To enable Windows file service:

  1. Tick Enable Windows file service.
  2. Click Apply.

Workgroup

This option allows you to designate the system as a member of a specific workgroup for network management purposes.

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WINS Server

Microsoft Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) is a NetBIOS name-to-IP-address mapping service. Window users will locate the system more easily on TCP/IP networks if the system has been configured to register with a WINS server.

SMB 2 and Large MTU

Maximum transmission unit (MTU) refers to the largest data unit that can be passed over a communications protocol. In order to take advantage of faster network interfaces, such as 1- or 10-gigabit Ethernet, SMB 2 increases the maximum transmission unit to 1 megabyte (MB). Enabling the SMB 2 and Large MTU option improves the speed and efficiency of large file transfers, while reducing the number of packets that need to be processed.

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Support Windows offline files

This option will enable support for Windows offline files and automatically enables CIFS opportunistic locking. However, enabling this option will affect RackStation performance when accessing shared folders via network.

Disable Opportunistic Locking

Checking this option disables "Opportunistic Locking" of CIFS, resulting in increased performance when database applications access database files on the shared folder of the Synology RackStation via network.

Enable Local Master Browser

When multiple Windows computers exist within the same subnet, they will negotiate and elect one computer as a "local master browser." The local master browser maintains lists of the other computers within the subnet and their shared resources, and shares these lists with the other computers. This option allows the RackStation to assume the role of local master browser.

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Enabling this function disables hard disk hibernation and activates the guest account without a password.

Enable Transfer Log

Checking this option enables logging of file access operations, including creating, deleting, reading, writing, moving, and renaming files or folders via CIFS/SAMBA protocol, also known as Windows File Transfer protocol.