How to run Tailscale on a Synology rt6600ax router

25 Feb 2025 09:00 | synology | security | tailscale

Steps for installing Tailscale on a Synology rt6600ax. The same steps will probably work on the 2600 but I haven't tried it.

1) SSH to the router as root

2) Retrieve the package for DSM7 / ARMv8:

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Synology SRM 1.3.1, a thoughtful review of the latest software release

5 Feb 2025 00:00 | synology

Originally posted on the Synology Community forum.

It's great to see the new SRM release - 1.3.1 - has recently dropped. Although a minor update, apparently adding only optimisations to the network connectivity check mechanism, this is a testament to the stability and resiliency of the SRM software in that dramatic changes are no longer required in order for their products to continue to operate well.

Those of us with Synology routers may cast our minds back to the late summer of 2022 when SRM 1.3.1 was released, adding much-wanted VLAN support for the older devices including the RT2600ac router. This update was unfortunately slightly problematic, resulting in an additional update - 1.3.1 - being pushed out on the same day.

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How to auto-refresh LetsEncrypt certificate on Synology routers

21 Jun 2024 09:08 | synology | security | letsencrypt

I've been manually monitoring and renewing it like a chump. Turns out it's trivially easy to automate the renewal:

```` curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/m4rkw/6c9b65dcd4914e1aa03188d2b5d5c5b8/raw/09632a5be4dddf029916367dd9fa463cd3d3b9ae/gistfile1.txt -o /usr/local/bin/renew_cert.py

chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/renew_cert.py

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