QNAP QGD-1600P – How to Assign VLAN with pfSense
Here is s a tutorial on how to make the QNAP QGD-1600P with pfSense work with VLAN tags. Please note this is for Firmware version 4.4.3.1381, there will be changes…
Making the QNAP PSU 20-pin SATA Power Adapter
There are many reasons where you would wish to use your own power supply unit, such as finding a replacement is hard to source, the part is expensive or perhaps…
Setup HomeAssistant on QNAP Container using Docker
Lets begin by making the Home Assistant installation, find it on QNAP Container Station. Go to the 'Create' menu, search 'homeassistant' in the search bar, make sure you select the…
Disassembly guide in replacing the CPU and RAM on the QNAP TVS-871
This QNAP model TVS-871 is similar to the TVS-471, TVS-671 and the TVS-871T. The disassembly will be slightly different, but this guide could still help you disassemble the unit. Before…
How to setup pfSense for QNAP
To begin you must have atleast 2 adapters, one will be the WAN and the other is the LAN. Though I recommend that you have 3 adapters as you should…
QNAP QGD-1600P Upgrade – Intel Gemini Lake J4115 can recognise 32GB of RAM
To investigate whether QNAP QGD-1600P can install more than 8GB of RAM we have to do some investigation. The CPU is a Intel Celeron J4115, which is oddly not available…
QNAP QGD-1600P Replacement Rack Ear Mounts
The included rack ear mounts was not compatible when using the RAIL-B02 rail mounting kit, so I've contacted QNAP and they sent me these as a replacement. Handles are based…
pfSense on the QNAP QGD-1600P – Part 3
http://192.168.0.245:32677/2020/05/12/installing-the-qnap-qgd-1600p-into-the-cabinet-part-2/ It's time to create that volume, to be able to install anything on the QNAP QGD-1600P. You must initialise the storage pool for the volume, this is to tell…
Installing the QNAP QGD-1600P into the cabinet – Part 2
http://192.168.0.245:32677/2020/05/05/first-impression-on-the-qnap-guardian-smart-switch-qgd-1600p-part-1/ Manage to buy some cheap Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB (SDSSDA240G), to finally put the QNAP switch into the cabinet. Small capacity SSD are fairly cheap, and they wouldn't be…
First Impression on the QNAP-Guardian Smart Switch QGD-1600P – Part 1
This is QNAP newest venture into creating the worlds first smart PoE switch, where they have combined their NAS expertise into a switch. This product was very interesting to me,…