- https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/RT1900ac
- cyberport had an intriguing offer: a demonstration model with a moderate discount – I couldn’t resist
[2015-12-20 00:27:39] johayek@Hayek001 $ ssh root@router.synology.com
BusyBox v1.16.1 (2015-10-29 15:37:59 CST) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
SynologyRouter> ./config.guess
armv7l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
SynologyRouter> ./config.guessJHn
=config.guessJHn,0: $config_unique=>{synology_northstarplus_rt1900ac},$config_buildnumber=>{5781},$config_smallfixnumber=>{2} // ...
armv7l-synology-DSM5.2_5781_2
Alright … – it’s a Busybox.
ssh-ing into the admin and (better!!!) root account works almost instantly. Use the GUI password for this purpose!
How to enable SSH access for user accounts? Log in as root; within /etc/passwd change the default shell entries of the resp. user accounts from /sbin/nologin to /bin/ash. (I created a separate article on that on this blog.)
I had an old 4GB SD card, that I inserted, and apart from that it seems to have internal 2GB disk volume space. I also attached an old external disk through USB to this device. More on that in my separate NFS article.
My ds115j has a compatible CPU (almost?!?), so I can borrow (extra) utilities from it:
- rsync – as opposed to the “tainted” rsync that Synology provides
- less – as opposed to poor old more
- …
For my 1st steps I attached its WAN port as a client to my VDSL router. Good for updating, good for getting acquainted with its features.
I disconnected that cable, and I attached these sticks / dongles successfully:
- http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00VUATPDC – Huawei K3765 (HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, …) – GSM telephony capable (e.g. with the AVM FRITZ!Box 7490 / 7390)
- http://www.amazon.de/dp/B002FP1584 – Huawei K3565-Z (HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, …) – not mentioned on the list below so far (2015-12-21)
Here is Synology’s “3G/4G Dongle” compatibility list: