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14 Chapter 5: Manage Client Devices

This chapter introduces various features to manage client devices.

Monitor Device Status

To monitor the real-time status of all client devices under your Synology Router, go to Network Center > Status

> Device List.

Apply Tra󰀩c Control

At Network Center > Tra󰀩c Control, you can regulate client devices' individual network bandwidth. Several

control mechanisms are o󰀨ered to suit your needs:

• Beamforming: Beamforming enhances the Wi-Fi signal for client devices with poor signal strength.

• Banned: The banned devices can only access resource in the same local network.

• Custom Speed: You can specify the upper and lower limits of upload/download tra󰀩c for client devices.

• High Priority: Devices set to High Priority will have prioritized network bandwidth allocation.

For ner management, you can also regulate network usage of specic applications (e.g. SSL or YouTube)

running on certain devices.

Note:

1. The beamforming option is available to the RT1900ac model only.

2. The RT2600ac model performs beamforming by default and thus does not provide relevant options.

3. To enhance Wi-Fi signal for client devices, make sure the devices have an 802.11ac prole to support

beamforming.

4. Beamforming can be applied to up to six client devices at once, and High Priority can be applied to three devices

at most.

You can monitor the network usage history by device and by application. To access the usage log, go to Network

Center > Tra󰀩c Control > Monitor. You can identify the source of usage anomalies, such as malicious software/

websites, or identify users that misuse network resource.

You can generate a reader-friendly tra󰀩c report that records the Synology Router's network tra󰀩c statistics over

a certain period of time. You may dene automated tra󰀩c report generation that can be sent to a dened email

address. To set up the report task, go to Network Center > Tra󰀩c Control > Report.

Apply Wake-On-LAN

With Wake-On-LAN (WOL), you can remotely wake up the wired devices from shutdown. The devices joined to

the WOL service can be waken up via the MAC addresses or the connection list.

If you have a Synology NAS (e.g. DiskStation or RackStation) joined to the Synology Router's local network, you

can simply wake it up with the QuickConnect ID, without using its MAC address or the connection list.

To use the WOL-related service, go to Network Tools > Wake on LAN.

Note:

1. Please make sure the target device supports WOL.

2. Under di󰀨erent operation modes, your Synology Router has a varied range of devices that can be joined to the

WOL service.

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