This post introduces an ideal and safe method to change a TS-209 II into a TS-209 Pro II, the basic idea is to fake the hardware type during system startup, thus make a perfect hack.
There’s a utility /sbin/config_util which is used for many purposes, including get/set hardware signatures, we’ll use it to change the box [...]
AD support is a feature available to QNAP TS-209 Pro II only. However, TS-209 II and TS-209 Pro II have exactly the same hardware specifications, the difference is in software. The two differences between a 209 II and a 209 Pro II are: support for NFS and AD (Active Directory).
I don’t know why QNAP sells [...]
The QNAP TS-209 II and TS-209 Pro II have the same hardware specifications, however, the firmwares are slightly different, the main differences are: NFS and ADS support are only available on TS-209 Pro II. Afte some investigation, I found it’s easy to enable NFS on TS-209 II. This post describes the way to achieve it.
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