Buy yourself a cookie!

Yeah. It’s good that there are users who actually take time to explain some stuff, rather than just hissssssss like rabid vipers merely because somebody - oh no, what a preposterous idea! - asked a harmless question.

I find this comment section a prime example of dickish hivemind seething over nothing.

There’s a dude, obviously quite fresh in the ways of Mastodon. He probably doesn’t realize all the nuts & bolts supporting the system and how it all works. He is asking a question that is logical, but it needs clarification, like “it doesn’t work like this, my man”.

Instead he gets “Hsssssssssssssss, selfhost it, hsssssssssssssssssssss, interloper, hsssssssssssssssssss, you want to destroy this place, hssssssssssssssss…”

Get a life, eejits.

This is brilliant.

Thanks Wojtek!

It often takes a different pair of eyes to see the hidden potential. 😎

I have tried the paint and gimp routes,

😱

Man, MS WORD features block diagrams, full of shapes that might be connected to one another with adjustable lines and it will be far superior tool to either of these abominations…

There are also countless tools that might help you, that are either dedicated to this task, or simply useful enough to get the job done.

• https://www.smartdraw.com/network-diagram/network-diagram-software.htm
• https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/examples/block-diagram-maker
• https://obsidian.md
• https://www.canva.com/graphs/block-diagrams/

With each “gate” between the devices, the performance, security and stability suffers additional setbacks and limitations. In your case, you introduced a few new “gates”:

• the connection between NAS, router and your PC (Wifi/cable)
• router
• network stability

Of course it’s theory, since the actual performance depends on details, he amount and type of data, how you access it and what you’re doing with/to it.

Have you tried electron-based Biscuit or Hamsket?

There are plenty of alternatives like Station, Franz etc…

Sumatra + tree of folders organized in Windows Explorer.