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title: "Synology Router login, restart, SRM updates and UPnP: a practical guide"
url: "https://kilobat.app/routers/synology-router"
description: "Sign in to SRM at router.synology.com, restart and schedule reboots, update SRM, see devices, enable UPnP per network, set traffic priority, Wi-Fi points and DoH."
---

Router · Synology

# Synology Router login, restart, SRM updates and UPnP

Synology Routers such as the RT6600ax and WRX560 run Synology Router Manager (SRM). You manage them in a browser at `router.synology.com`, or with the DS router app on your phone.

Synology Router

Sign in

`router.synology.com` or `192.168.1.1:8000`

App

DS router (iOS and Android)

Password

There is no factory admin account: the setup wizard asks you to create a username and password, and won’t accept common names such as `admin`. The setup Wi-Fi name, `Synology_` plus the last six digits of the serial number, is on the back label with a QR code.

Models

RT6600ax, WRX560, RT2600ac, MR2200ac

**Checked 1 November 2026.** SRM 1.3 (help pages for 1.3.1, as of 2026) on RT6600ax, WRX560, RT2600ac and MR2200ac in Wireless Router mode. In Wireless AP mode, traffic control and the device list aren’t available.

## Sign in to the Synology Router

**Factory default.** Synology gives the setup Wi-Fi password as `synology`. The wizard has you set your own Wi-Fi name and password; do that before you use the network.

1. Connect your Mac to a LAN port, or to the router’s Wi-Fi.
2. Open `router.synology.com`, or the router’s address with port 8000, such as `http://192.168.1.1:8000`.
3. The first time, follow the wizard to create an administrator account, Wi-Fi and internet connection.
4. Afterwards, enter your username and password and click **Sign in**.

`router.synology.com` won’t work if your Mac uses its own DNS server, such as 8.8.8.8; use the IP address instead. Forgotten the password? Hold the reset button for 4 seconds for a soft reset. That resets the admin login and the network, Wi-Fi and firewall settings, but keeps other users and files.

## Restart it properly

1. Sign in to SRM.
2. Click **Options** on the taskbar at the top.
3. Choose **Restart** and confirm.

Holding the reset button for 10 seconds is a hard reset: it erases all settings and you reinstall SRM.

### Schedule a restart

1. Go to **Control Panel › Device › Reboot Schedule**.
2. Tick **Enable schedule**.
3. Choose days of the week, or dates with an optional monthly repeat, and a time.
4. Click **Apply**.

### Restart one Wi-Fi point

1. Go to **Wi-Fi Connect › Wi-Fi Point** and select the Wi-Fi point.
2. Click **Manage › Restart now**.

**Kilobat can help.** Kilobat Pro’s [router check-up](https://kilobat.app/docs/home-network#router-checkup) learns how fast this router usually answers, says when a restart is due, and checks the next day whether it helped.

## Update the firmware

1. Go to **Control Panel › System › Update & Restore**.
2. If a newer SRM is listed, click **Download**, then **Update now** in the notification.
3. To install automatically, click **Update settings**, tick **Check for SRM updates automatically** and set a schedule.
4. Or download the `.pat` file from the Download Center and click **Manual SRM Update**.

The router restarts by itself when the update finishes. In **Update settings**, **Important updates only** limits you to security fixes.

[The maker’s firmware download page](https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/download)

## See connected devices

1. Go to **Network Center › Status** and click **Device List**.
2. It shows each device’s name, wired or wireless connection, and live traffic.
3. For Wi-Fi detail, go to **Wi-Fi Connect › Wi-Fi Client** to see SSID, band, IP and MAC.
4. To fix a device’s address, go to **Network Center › Local Network › DHCP Client** and click **Add to Address Reservation**.

To block a device, use **Ban** in **Network Center › Traffic Control**. A banned device can still reach your local network, but not the internet or SRM.

**Kilobat can help.** Kilobat’s [new-device alerts](https://kilobat.app/docs/home-network#new-devices) tell you when a device you haven’t seen joins your home Wi-Fi. **Tools › Devices** lists what answers on the network, and you can name each one.

## UPnP and port forwarding

UPnP is set per local network, and is how a Synology NAS behind the router opens its own ports.

1. Go to **Network Center › Local Network › Network**.
2. Select the local network your device is on and click **Edit**.
3. Open the **Advanced** tab and tick **Enable UPnP**.
4. Click **OK**. **UPnP Client List** on the same tab shows the current clients.

With UPnP on, any device on that network can open ports to the internet by itself, including malware. Enable it only on the network that needs it, not on the guest network. Firewall rules override port forwarding, which overrides UPnP rules.

### Port forwarding

1. Go to **Network Center › Port Forwarding › Port Forwarding** and click **Create**.
2. Enter a name, the device’s private IP, the public and private ports, and TCP or UDP.
3. Click **Create**.

Port triggering, on the next tab, opens ports only for a short time and is safer.

### NAT-PMP

Synology’s SRM help doesn’t mention NAT-PMP.

**Kilobat can help.** On supported routers, Kilobat’s [call reports](https://kilobat.app/video-calls) can read available traffic counters, read-only, to identify another device that was busy when a call froze. Correlation does not prove the cause. Kilobat never opens ports.

## Prioritise calls and gaming

Traffic Control can give up to three devices high priority, set guaranteed and maximum speeds, or ban devices.

1. Go to **Network Center › Traffic Control › Advanced** and click **Settings**.
2. Tick **Enable traffic control**, enter your internet upload and download speeds, and click **OK**.
3. On the **General** tab, click **Add** to bring in your Mac.
4. Click its priority icon and set it to high.

Speeds are in KB/s. Keep the total guaranteed bandwidth below your actual internet speed or rules may not work.

**Kilobat can help.** Run Kilobat’s [stutter test](https://kilobat.app/guides/recipes/test-call-stutter) before and after you change priorities, to see whether calls really got smoother.

## 2.4 and 5 GHz, and the channel

By default **Smart Connect** puts 2.4 and 5 GHz under one name and steers devices between them.

1. Go to **Wi-Fi Connect › Wi-Fi Settings › Wi-Fi Network**.
2. Select the network, click the menu icon and choose **Edit**.
3. Turn off **Smart Connect** and give 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz their own names.
4. Click **Apply**.

### Change the channel

1. Go to **Wi-Fi Connect › Wi-Fi Settings › Radio**.
2. Under each band, choose a **Channel** and, if needed, a **Channel width**.
3. Apply the changes.

Synology recommends leaving the channel on auto.

**Kilobat can help.** Kilobat shows which band and channel your Mac is on, and `kilobat channels` suggests the least crowded channel. More in [crowded Wi-Fi channels](https://kilobat.app/guides/wifi-channel-congestion) and [Wi-Fi on a Mac](https://kilobat.app/wifi-analyzer-mac).

## Mesh: which node a device uses

Synology Routers form a mesh with other Synology Routers, called Wi-Fi points, over Ethernet or Wi-Fi.

1. On the main router, go to **Wi-Fi Connect › Wi-Fi Point** and click **Add**.
2. Choose wireless or Ethernet uplinks, power on the new point, and wait for its light to blink.
3. When the scan finds it, name it and click **Next**.
4. Afterwards, select a point and click **Details** to see its bands and Wi-Fi clients.

The map shows Ethernet links as solid lines and wireless links as dotted. Under **Manage › Select Uplink Type** you can force **Ethernet only**.

**Kilobat can help.** When your Mac moves to another node or band, Kilobat’s Health says so, so a weaker node isn’t taken for a router problem. See [find a better Wi-Fi spot](https://kilobat.app/guides/recipes/find-better-wifi-spot).

## Guest network

SRM has a guest network built in. It is wireless only and kept apart from your private networks.

1. Go to **Wi-Fi Connect › Wi-Fi Settings › Wi-Fi Network**.
2. Select the guest network and click **Edit**.
3. Tick **Enable wireless radio**, set a name, security level and password.
4. Click **Apply**.

Under **Wi-Fi schedule** you can turn the guest Wi-Fi off at set times. The guest network can be turned off but not deleted.

**Kilobat can help.** Kilobat can show a network as a QR code, so guests join with their phone’s camera: [share Wi-Fi with a QR code](https://kilobat.app/guides/recipes/share-wifi-qr-code).

## DNS settings

1. For the router itself, go to **Network Center › Internet › Connection**.
2. Under **Manually Configure DNS Server**, enter a preferred and an alternative server.
3. For encrypted DNS, go to **Network Center › Local Network › Network › Advanced Settings**.
4. Tick **Enable DoH (DNS over HTTPS)** and choose Cloudflare or Google, or enter your own URL.

To hand devices a different DNS server, edit the network’s **IPv4 DHCP** tab and set **Primary DNS**. DoH isn’t available if the DNS Server package is installed.

**Kilobat can help.** Before you change DNS, [compare resolvers with Kilobat](https://kilobat.app/guides/recipes/pick-faster-dns) to see which answers fastest from your home.

## Connection status and logs

1. Go to **Network Center › Status** for the internet IP address, gateway and DNS.
2. Click **Internet** for live upload and download, or **Port Status** for link speeds.
3. **Wi-Fi Connect › Status** shows each band’s rate and 12 hours of Wi-Fi logs.
4. Open **Log Center** from the main menu for the system log.

For traffic history, go to **Network Center › Traffic Control › Monitor**, click **Settings** and tick **Record traffic statistics**.

**Kilobat can help.** When the line keeps dropping, Kilobat’s [provider report](https://kilobat.app/docs/health#report) lists outages, latency and speed tests against your plan, ready to send to your provider.

## Manuals and downloads

- [Synology Knowledge Center: SRM 1.3 help](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/MainMenu/get_started?version=1_3)
- [Synology Download Center](https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/download)
- [Firmware downloads](https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/download)

Links go to the maker’s own pages.

## Questions

**What is the default Synology Router login?**

There isn’t one. You create the administrator account in the setup wizard at `router.synology.com`. If you lose it, a 4-second press of the reset button lets you create a new one.

**Why can’t I sign in from the guest network?**

By default SRM can only be managed from the primary network. Connect to the main Wi-Fi or a LAN port.

## Sources

- [Synology Knowledge Center: Navigate Desktop (SRM 1.3)](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/MainMenu/get_started?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: How do I set up my Synology Router?](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/tutorial/How_to_set_up_RT_using_mobile_device)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: How do I reset my Synology Router?](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/tutorial/What_s_the_difference_between_Soft_Reset_and_Hard_Reset)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Reboot Schedule](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/ControlPanel/device_reboot?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Update & Restore](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/ControlPanel/system_update_restore?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Network Center Status](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/NetworkCenter/status?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Wi-Fi Client](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/WiFiConnect/wifi_client?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Network & DHCP](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/NetworkCenter/lan_network_dhcp?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Port Forwarding](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/NetworkCenter/port?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Traffic Control General](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/NetworkCenter/traffic_general?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Traffic Control Advanced](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/NetworkCenter/traffic_advanced?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Wi-Fi Network](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/WiFiConnect/wifi_network?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Radio](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/WiFiConnect/wifi_radio?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Wi-Fi Point](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/WiFiConnect/wifi_mesh?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Internet Connection](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/NetworkCenter/internet_connection?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Wi-Fi Status](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/WiFiConnect/wifi_status?version=1_3)
- [Synology Knowledge Center: Traffic Monitor](https://kb.synology.com/en-global/SRM/help/SRM/NetworkCenter/traffic_monitor?version=1_3)

Checked on 1 November 2026.

## See what your router can’t tell you

Kilobat is a Mac menu-bar app that watches the network from your side: which app is using it, whether the Wi-Fi, the router or the provider is slow, and why a call froze.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.31.1.dmg?via=site)

```
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
```

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