August 3, 20241 yr I am migrating my old unRaid system to a new Intel hardware. My old system is recognized as 192.168.1.99. Do I need to have my router set to match that IP address to the MAC address of the new hardware before I boot it up, or is the IP address set up on the flash boot drive as a static address?
August 3, 20241 yr Community Expert Solution I would just boot it up and see what ip is issued via DHCP. After that, go to the router and assign it a static address.
August 3, 20241 yr Author What I need is for the new server to pickup the same IP address. Maybe I should change it in the router first. The old hardware won't be running when I power up the new one.
January 7, 20251 yr On 8/4/2024 at 12:52 AM, dchamb said: What I need is for the new server to pickup the same IP address. Maybe I should change it in the router first. The old hardware won't be running when I power up the new one. Did you find a solution? I'm about doing the same.... - remove static ip old server in router - boot up new server and change ip (same from old server) to static - set static ip in router (opnsense) Something like this?
January 7, 20251 yr Author 2 hours ago, Ritmjunk said: Did you find a solution? I'm about doing the same.... - remove static ip old server in router - boot up new server and change ip (same from old server) to static - set static ip in router (opnsense) Something like this? I booted the new server to get the MAC address and then shut it down. I then went to the router, changed the address reservation table entry for the IP address used by the old server, and changed the MAC address to match the new server's MAC address. I took the old server out of the network and booted the new server, and it received the same IP address as the old one. It would have been easier if I could have found a sticker showing the MAC address of the NIC card I was using.
January 9, 20251 yr On 1/7/2025 at 9:51 PM, dchamb said: I booted the new server to get the MAC address and then shut it down. I then went to the router, changed the address reservation table entry for the IP address used by the old server, and changed the MAC address to match the new server's MAC address. I took the old server out of the network and booted the new server, and it received the same IP address as the old one. It would have been easier if I could have found a sticker showing the MAC address of the NIC card I was using. Thank you very much!!! Edited January 9, 20251 yr by Ritmjunk
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