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I’m planning a new/revised home network, and would appreciate any advice/comments from experienced Mac users here.
1st. I’m looking at a Synology rt2600ac router. Numerous reviews give it a good rating, and the SRM (Synology Router Management) appears to be very capable and easy to use.
This will replace an ancient D-Link ( which replaced an Airport Extreme, fried by lightning)
Anyone here have any experience with this router?
2nd. I will attach an external HD to the router (USB 2/3) as a NAS-like server for my large iTunes video library (3.5 TB±). Synology has a Media Server add-on to facilitate this.
3rd. Rather than messing with iTunes, I’m looking at using Plex and another media player called Infuse ( by Firecore) which is reported to be able to play almost any format video without transcoding. I believe both should be installed on an Apple TV 4th Gen.
4th. Apple TV 4th gen. located at the far end of the house — connected with existing ethernet cable . Replaces existing Apple TV 2.
Anyway, I plan to build this out over the coming summer, ( have to cash-in my collection of empty wine bottles to pay for it all), but in the mean-time I would appreciate any sage advice from our learned members.
1st. I’m looking at a Synology rt2600ac router. Numerous reviews give it a good rating, and the SRM (Synology Router Management) appears to be very capable and easy to use.
This will replace an ancient D-Link ( which replaced an Airport Extreme, fried by lightning)
Anyone here have any experience with this router?
2nd. I will attach an external HD to the router (USB 2/3) as a NAS-like server for my large iTunes video library (3.5 TB±). Synology has a Media Server add-on to facilitate this.
3rd. Rather than messing with iTunes, I’m looking at using Plex and another media player called Infuse ( by Firecore) which is reported to be able to play almost any format video without transcoding. I believe both should be installed on an Apple TV 4th Gen.
4th. Apple TV 4th gen. located at the far end of the house — connected with existing ethernet cable . Replaces existing Apple TV 2.
Anyway, I plan to build this out over the coming summer, ( have to cash-in my collection of empty wine bottles to pay for it all), but in the mean-time I would appreciate any sage advice from our learned members.