There is a potential for another third option, but it depends on whether your NAS supports it, and that is DLNA. It's an industry standard that allows streaming mediafrom a network device to another....

So you have two options with what you have currently: A) Install Plex server on the NAS and have the Plex client connect to that B) Attach the media shares from the NAS to the Mac's Plex server's...

Ok, Plex is a server-client system, so the Plex software you've installed communicates with a Plex server to tell it what you have. You seem to be trying to use it in a way that VLC or Kodi clients...

There's a lot of potential configuration issues, from firewall (on your NAS) to Plex server setup. I'd err more towards asking on a Plex forum as it's unlikely to be an issue with the router itself,...

@Bolton-UK I've just manually updated mine (V3 EU, in the UK) and they seem to be alright so far. I used the web interface.

@Mycroft I asked as I recall an issue with Dlink (I think) switches when communicating with TPLink devices, but obviously not here. Is the Synology a single NIC device? If not, does it perform the...