I was in the process of transferring Channels from a Mac mini to my Synology (DSM 7.2) when my router bit the dust. I bought a new faster Asus and as I found out later, the Asus default is 198.162.50.xxx (my old router was 192.168.86.xx and now my Channels on the Synology has the old IP addresses for the devices and the new IP address for the server. Same with the MAC Mini version. I had to one by one change the IP address of each device with Channels and now the Mac is running OK again. On a side note, the Asus AX router is blasting fast and 4K movies run without a hitch and streaming services like Netflix just pop on the screen. Wow!!
When I got to the point where I was ready to move to the NAS from the Mac, my none of my devices could find Channels on the NAS.
That's when I noticed the IP address on the NAS was still the old router IP addresses even though the server itself was the new IP address of the NAS but I couldn't find a way around it. I still had the MAC version in service - do I need to shut down the Mac Channels to install on another server? I suspect my problem lies with the IP address of the devices trying to access the NAS Channels.
I noticed the NAS has two IP addresses for the NAS Channels and I tried them both to no avail from the devices. If I run LIVE TV on the NAS Channels it works. I just can't link in the remote devices.
I'm wondering if a new backup of the Mac and restore on the NAS would do the trick? I did a backup on the Mac but couldn't figure out how to restore on the NAS. Do I have to delete and start over?