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My MB died and I replaced it with the exact model.

 

When I boot into unraid using the old USB, it is loading to the wrong IP and has the name of towertest. So I copied my Config file and reinstalled the OS using the downloader utility. I changed my IP to the correct number and made sure the name is Tower. But when I bootup, it is still on the wrong IP and has Towertest as the server name.

 

What am I doing wrong?

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IF you have defined the IP address assignment in your router, your new MB NIC will have a different MAC address.  This will prevent it from being set to the address you had assigned for your old MB. The name mishmash could be the result of this also. 

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5 hours ago, Frank1940 said:

IF you have defined the IP address assignment in your router, your new MB NIC will have a different MAC address.  This will prevent it from being set to the address you had assigned for your old MB. The name mishmash could be the result of this also. 

I have not defined any IPs in my router other than a range that can be assigned when asked for an address.

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3 hours ago, JorgeB said:

Flash drive has a weird identifier:

 

Nov 20 18:11:56 TowerTest emhttpd: __0701697508D70228-0:0 (sda) 512 15133248

 

Not sure that will cause issues, but possibly that is the problem.

Don't understand why, here is the configuration I used to recreate the USB

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I looked at your diagnostics and the network.cfg is missing from it.  Shutdown the server.  Pull your flash drive and have a look at it on your PC.  Go to the /config directory/folder and look at the dates and times on the files.  Do they make sense?   (You do have a oldnetwork.cfg file.  So you should have a new network.cfg with a later time and date.) While you have it out and in the PC, run chkdsk on it. 

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2 hours ago, Frank1940 said:

I looked at your diagnostics and the network.cfg is missing from it.  Shutdown the server.  Pull your flash drive and have a look at it on your PC.  Go to the /config directory/folder and look at the dates and times on the files.  Do they make sense?   (You do have a oldnetwork.cfg file.  So you should have a new network.cfg with a later time and date.) While you have it out and in the PC, run chkdsk on it. 

Hi

The dates look correct to me. Some files were created years ago when I 1st created my server. But many are from the last 2 days, when I tried to recreate the USB.

The network.cfg file did not get recreated. Per earlier instructions, I renamed the networkconfig file.

 

Chkdsk did not find anny errors

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It looks like I fat fingered the I address when I was recreating the USB. I change the IP in network.cfg and renamed it backto network.cfg and it is loading into the correct IP.

 

But my issue with towertest is still there. It recognizes nothing of the old server despite me replacing the config folder from the old USB.

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