October 6, 20232 yr I have not used my Unraid server for over a year due to illness and it has endured a couple moves. I am trying to get it up and running again but I cannot make a network connection to either the MB NIC or PCIE card NIC (Intel x540). I deleted the network.cfg and rebooted but nothing happens - no /config/network.cfg file is autogenerated. Is there a way to get it to create the file? Is there a log file somewhere that will tell me if there is some further system corruption causing the problem? Is there a way to repair or create a new USB drive without loss of data?
October 6, 20232 yr Community Expert 33 minutes ago, RadOD said: no /config/network.cfg file is autogenerated. This is normal, only after you change something it will be generated, but it will still revert to DHCP defaults and work without a cfg file.
October 19, 20232 yr On 10/6/2023 at 7:35 AM, JorgeB said: This is normal, only after you change something it will be generated, but it will still revert to DHCP defaults and work without a cfg file. I am having the same issue. /boot/config/network.cfg and /boot/config/network-rules.cfg files were deleted using the rm command. After a reboot, /boot/config/network-rules.cfg was automagically recreated, but /boot/config/network.cfg was not. My goal is to reset the network from a static IP address to a DHCP address on a new subnet from a DHCP server. Any help would be appreciated. Edited October 19, 20232 yr by cjonesinbgwa
October 19, 20232 yr Community Expert 5 hours ago, cjonesinbgwa said: /boot/config/network-rules.cfg was automagically recreated, but /boot/config/network.cfg was not. Like mentioned in the line you've quoted this is normal.
October 19, 20232 yr IRC i have seen it mentioned in multiple places the both files are supposed to be recreated if deleted and the system rebooted. I would like to get the system back on the network (DHCP) with out losing any of the configuration and app/docker/vm installs being lost as they would be in a reinstall of unraid onto the USB flash drive. I could recreate the network.cfg file by hand if I had a copy of the original/default file... Can anyone provide a copy of the contents that I an use to manually recreate it in the /boot/config/ directory?
October 20, 20232 yr Community Expert 9 hours ago, cjonesinbgwa said: I could recreate the network.cfg file by hand if I had a copy of the original/default file.. You don't need to do that, without that file Unraid will revert to default DHCP, if it doesn't work like that you have other issues, diags might help.
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