Frequently Asked Question

What is QuickConnect?

As its name entails, QuickConnect is designed to make connecting Synology NAS servers easy and quick. Setting up a server and correctly availing its service usually requires a certain level of knowledge in IT administration. QuickConnect seeks to remove that necessity and, through technology that causes the least network overhead, make connecting Synology NAS servers effortless for anyone.
This means QuickConnect removes several barriers that are often encountered by users trying to set up a NAS server. Namely, QuickConnect users are exempted from the necessity of owning a static external IP address, setting up port-forwarding rules in the NAT before the NAS, and switching between WAN/LAN addresses when the client device is relocated.
QuickConnect is initially designed to ensure specific Synology NAS services are always reachable in any network environment, even one that’s not port-forwardable. Now it offers a comprehensive solution to guarantee that not only are the services always accessible, but they are also accessed with minimal fuss and network overhead. In so doing, QuickConnect delivers the following features:

1. A permanent and easily memorized server ID - a QuickConnect ID - that works both in LAN and over the Internet
2. Server location detection (LAN/WAN detection)
3. QuickConnect hole punching
4. Automatic port-forwarding through UPnP
5. QuickConnect relay service
6. QuickConnect Web Portal

With these features, QuickConnect users enjoy various exclusive benefits, including:

• A personalized server ID
• Anywhere accessibility in spite of network environments
• Assurance that the client device always takes the shortest path to reach the NAS over QuickConnect