jrabkid Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Hey folks, I am wondering if it is possible to have 2 ethernet ports active on my unraid server. Let me explain. I have the usual main 1GB port connected to network switch for the house to access however the server also has a 2.5GB port as well as my PC. Is it possible to have a direct "crossover" link between my main pc and the server while having the 1GB port deal with the rest of the house without buying a 2.5gb network switch. I have crossover cables etc here but have no idea how I would go about configuring unraid for that matter if it was to work. All help greatly appreciated as usual. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Yes, same principle as this: 1 Quote Link to comment
jrabkid Posted September 22, 2023 Author Share Posted September 22, 2023 You sir, once again are a legend. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment
jrabkid Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 Unfortunatly after much time I can not get this to work, windows can not find the unraid server. I have double and triple checked but I can not figure it out. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Are you trying to access the server by the IP address or name? Quote Link to comment
jrabkid Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 Trying to use the IP address. My 1GB Port has a IP of 192.168.1.255 So I set the 2nd port on the server to 10.10.20.199 like in the video thinking it would work as his primary address was that so I'll just reverse them. So on my pc I enter up of 10.10.20.199 to the 2.5gb port like shown in the video but the pc will not connect to the server or let.ke map a drive nor will it let me try and ping the server. However I think my subnet may be the same on both but I don't know what to change the server to or how as.it doesn't really explain on the video. So using 255.255.255.0 but I think my 1gb line uses the same as assigned by my internet provider. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 10 minutes ago, jrabkid said: So I set the 2nd port on the server to 10.10.20.199 And what is the Windows IP for the 2.5GbE NIC? Quote Link to comment
jrabkid Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 The same although normally It would be different unless I followed the video wrong? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 It needs to be as different IP from the same subnet, e.g. 10.10.20.200 Quote Link to comment
jrabkid Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 That's what I thought but I cant see where it give the option to set subnet mask on unraid. it just has /22, 23, 24 etc Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Use 255.255.255.0 on Windows and /24 on Unraid Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Just to clarify the /?? part indicates how many bits in the subnet mask should be considered to be 1. /24 is therefore 24 bits (3 bytes). Quote Link to comment
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