Buellguy99 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I have a fresh VM running pfsense with a new 2 port NIC. I have the VM set to autostart when booted. Does this mean that when I reboot the server the VM will come up and provide internet service before I log in with my credentials to unraid? Obviously I can't get to unraid over the LAN until the VM is running and I can't start the LAN because its a VM on unraid. Hence chicken or the egg. or is there another way or am I missing a setting? Thanks in advance! I so appreciate this forum. many times its gotten me out of trouble. Quote Link to comment
Michael_P Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Short answer, yes - if it's not an encrypted array, it should start by itself and begin providing services. If you assign a static IP to the server, you won't need routing to get to it so you'd be able to access it from the LAN should you need to (you'd need to assign a static IP to your client machine too). Quote Link to comment
Buellguy99 Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Great, I was assuming that is how it was programmed. I did however miss the step about assigning a static IP to the client. Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment
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