Johnny T

Just an update... fitted the cable today and that has sorted it!! We're now cooking on gas!! Thanks again for all your help

Yes, I've ordered a cable (arriving Sunday) to bypass the problem area and hopefully sort the issue. It will certainly rule a big chunk of it out. At least I'm getting closer to the solution now. Thanks

Yep, the socket itself is definitely fine. All the sockets were checked not long ago. But thanks for the link. Looks like a handy tool.

Yep I wondered about that? The server has a steel box and is seating on top of a wooden table but I would assume it would be earthed through the power cable that goes to a USP ? Strange one... either that or maybe the USB is on it's way out and is particularly sensitive as it slowly dies....?

** EDIT ** spoke too soon with my post below - back to 100Mbps... need to start replacing cables I think. Still want help with the flash corruption though. Right... reporting back after a bit of digging. Going to detail my fault finding method just in case it helps someone else (and me possibly in the future as I've not cured the problem properly). I disconnected the ethernet cable from the server and plugged it into my laptop - the speed was still only 100Mbps So I connected my laptop into the 1G unmanaged switch directly and tried that - the speed was still only 100Mbps So I disconnected and reconnected the cable that connects the switch to the rest of the network and - hey presto - full speed! So next job is to replace that cable. On an unrelated note: this is the second time now that disconnected the ethernet cable from the server has corrupted my flash drive? I then have to power the server down, remove the drive, plug it into my laptop which detects that it needs 'repairing' - let it get repaired and then plug it back into my server and all is well again? Any ideas? Is my flash on the way out? Or is disconnecting the ethernet somehow causing a spike of noise or something that is corrupting the flash? Or am I not supposed to disconnect the ethernet from Unraid whilst it's running? Thanks for all your help.

Christ! Don't say that in front of the wife!!!! Yep, really good point. I'm planning on taking my laptop up there after I finish work today and then plugging the server cable into it and doing a SpeedTest. That will test the connection from the laptop to the internet. If that's 1G then that leaves bent pins in the server RJ45 socket or something faulty inside the server (hopefully not!!). I will report back with my findings... hopefully it is the cable although I doubt it as it's a really good quality cable that I bought. We will see..... thanks for all your help

Okay - thanks, I will do. I'll report back (the server is in the attic and the switch is in the eaves of the house so will do it after work tomorrow as need my old clothes on to go crawling about in there). Cheers

Yep I did swap to another port and it didn't make a difference. I did wonder if it could be the switch? But then I thought it wouldn't show up in the Dashboard of Unraid as connected at 1G if it was the switch (is that true?)

I did do that and it briefly went up to 1 gig and then back down again to 100 Mbps.

Hi all, My Unraid server seemed to be responding slowly so I added the "SpeedTest by OpenSpeedTest" app and tested the speed and it's locked around 90Mbps but I should have a 1000Mbps connection ? In my main dashboard it shows it as a 1G connection: My settings are as follows: Am I supposed to have Bonding enabled or anything? My switch is just a basic 1 gig unmanaged switch. And I'm sure that my system used to run at 1 gig speed? The cable is a really good one but I will double check it with my laptop. I just wondered what else it could be and whether there's any of my settings need changing? Thanks for any help you can give me.

I did try that earlier but to no avail unfortunately. I've ended up using the USB Creator to overwrite my USB with a backup I have from last week. I'll just hold off upgrading again until we maybe go to the next version and then try it again. Many thanks 🙂

I upgraded from the last version (my Unraid was up to date when it told me about the new version). I didn't read the patch notes though. I just clicked the "Update" button. I'll see if I can find the patch notes and have a read. I'm assuming you didn't see anything untoward in the diagnostics then? Thanks for all your help

The first address didn't work either so here are the diagnositcs... jtserver-diagnostics-20231211-1522.zip I really hope they help. Thank you 🙂

Hi all My Unraid server alerted me to the new version available for download so I allowed it to download and clicked to reboot. I went away to do something but returned 20 minutes later and it still wasn't up and running? I plugged a monitor/keyboard into my server and it seemed to be working normally but I logged in and typed "poweroff" and then rebooted it. Again, it appears to boot normally (see below) ? Still no access to the WebGUI or any shared drives etc. So I tried to boot into Safe Mode with GUI but then I get this... Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to fix this? Many thanks for any help you can provide.

Thanks I got sorted in the end. Got a Supermicro H11DSI with an 846 case. It's all running tickety-boo! Thanks for all your help