Hello

 

I am new to unRAID server and I have just installed my first system. I had some problem with formatting the USB-stick, had to use "c:\syslinux.exe -sam h:"in order to get my USB-stick to boot in my server..

 

Now when I have my three disks up and running (1 parity and 2 data disks) I am experiencing some problems with accessing my unRAID share. I have created a share called "film". When I am trying to connect with my XP I try to enter the IP-adress of the server \\10.0.0.11 and then my computer freezes for a couple of minutes. Then I can see my shares (disk1, disk2, film) and when I try to browse to one of theese folders, I get the same freeze again. All synchronisation is finished, all disks reports OK.

 

My unRAID-server is a Intel DG865RY with Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel 82566DC Gigabit Ethernet Controller. Everything in the web interface looks fine. I have not checked any log files.

 

I should really appreciate if someone could give me some advice where to begin...

 

Regards

The log file is generally the place to begin.  If you have rebooted since the freeze after browsing to folder, would you do that again and then capture the syslog.

 

To obtain a copy of your current syslog, at the unRAID console or in a Telnet session, type the command:

 

  cp  /var/log/syslog  /boot

 

This will make a copy of the system log in the root directory of your flash drive, which you can either copy directly from the flash share of your server, or plug the flash drive into your PC and access the syslog there.  Any file manager such as Windows Explorer can access the file across the network.  For example, if your unRAID server name is Tower, then you can access your newly created syslog as \\Tower\flash\syslog.  I recommend renaming it with the date and time and the .txt extension, for example syslog2007-08-28-1630.txt.

 

A helpful Wiki link:  http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Viewing_the_System_Log

 

Using Windows Explorer to browse network shares can get a bit dodgy.  Randomly Explorer will start looking for network resources that don't exist on machines you don't have... this is a common cause of freeze-ups.

 

To see if it is Windows Explorer, map the drive to a letter, and then do some directory browsing via the command line.  If it suddenly becomes speedy, you have an Explorer issue.

 

I find browsing in Explorer via a mapped drive to be a little more reliable than using Network Neighborhood.

 

SirWired

I have captured the logfile but cant fins anything odd in it. It seems that the network card is configured to run at 1000MBit/s...

 

My syslog after a clean reboot and after I have tried accessing my unRAID server from my XP machine (with the result that it hangs for a looong time). I am able to browse other resources in my network(such as my Windows XP MCE and my Windows Server 2003) without theese delays. any more tips or advices would be appreciated!

 

My Hardware is

Intel DG865RY with Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel 82566DC Gigabit Ethernet Controller

INTEL CORE 2 DUO E4500 2.2GHZ 2MB 800MHZ S-775

Memory 2 x HYPERX 1GB DIMM DDR2 800MHZ PC6400 CL5

Promise Sata 300 controller with 4 SATA ports

USB Sandisk Cruzer Micro

3 x WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR SE16 400GB SATA/300 16MB (Included in the unRAID volume)

1 x Samsung Spinpoint 400GB Sata/300 (not included in the unRAID volume)

 

Regards Jens

 

 

I noticed 2 things in the syslog.  One is that 'Link beat' was not detected initially, but was found a little later.  I'm not enough of an expert to know if that is related to the next problem below, or a temporary loss of network connection (which I think more likely).  Since it seems safe to assume you don't have a wireless link somewhere between this station and the router, the network cable or the connectors at either end become suspects.  You might try a different cable, and connect to a different router port.

 

The other issue that is different than most users is that you are using a 10.00.00.NN type local network.  There is a minor bug in the setup of unRAID that assumes the wrong nameserver address as default.  See this thread (adapt as needed):  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=1247

 

I *think* what you will want is something like this:

echo nameserver 10.0.0.1 >/etc/resolv.conf

echo 10.0.0.11 UNRAID >>/etc/hosts

 

Success!

 

RobJ, your advice regarding Default Gateway and host file did the trick! Now I get a (write) tranfer speed of 11,92Mb/s (12206Mbit/s). Wrote a 4Gb ISO-file to my server in 6 minutes. Read should be faster, didnt have the time to test it though.

 

THANKS!!! Now I have to tweak my setup with buffer size and other advices I found in another thead on this forum! Looking forward to be a paying customer of this software.

 

Regards Jens