Hi Folks,

It's been a really ling time.

Have moved a few times since last using my two servers.

I tried to boot up one today as I need some important files stored on the server and I am not able to access the server.

When I last used the server I was using a home router attached to my cable modem. I now use the cable modem / router provided by my ISP and the fixed IP address I had setup for my UnRaid tower is not in the range of what that gateway typically is setup with so therefore I can't even access the server to change the IP address to something in the range.

Anyone have any ideas? Some important files I really need to retrieve and a little stressed as I used to use the server all the time and its been so long that I don't recall the details of my setup and where my setup notes ended up.

Any Help would be appreciated

Thanks

Does the server have a simple network setup? Such as a single NIC vs multiple NICs/VLAN/etc?

If a simple setup, you can take your flash drive to another machine, then rename the network.cfg file to network.old (file is in flash > config folder). When you boot up the Unraid server the first time, it will create a new network.cfg file with default settings, including using DHCP.

@ConnerVT Yes just a singe NIC.

Thank you very much for replying!

OK, so to confirm, if I remove the flash drive with the UnRaid SW from the server and then examine the contents of the flash drive in the config folder and locate the network.cfg file and rename to network.old the SW will essentially recreate the .cfg file in such a manor that I can browse into the admin page on my current ISP's router / modem (gateway) to locate the UnRaid server? I would imagine that when looking for the devices that are connected to the gateway I would need to know some details about the HW that I built the UnRaid from to be sure I can locate the IP address for the UnRaid?

Thanks Again

Correct.

Without knowing your network, can't give exact instructions. But looking at the IP leases in your router you should easily find the newest one for the server (once you give it time to boot fully).

Alternatively you should be able to access the server by entering tower.local (or more correctly, <your_server_name>.local if you have renamed your server) instead of the IP address.

Edited July 20, 2025Jul 20 by ConnerVT
wrong word

Thank you so much. Will try this when I get home later this AM. I don’t believe I renamed anything. I didn’t have two towers so I believe I called one Tower I and one Tower II but I may have only done that for the browser shortcut I created for each one.

Additionally, I’m pretty sure that the subnet, etc on my old router is completely different than the structure that the new gateway uses so I’m assuming anything that would be in the .old file when I rename it won’t interfere?

11 minutes ago, av8or said:

Additionally, I’m pretty sure that the subnet, etc on my old router is completely different than the structure that the new gateway uses so I’m assuming anything that would be in the .old file when I rename it won’t interfere?

exactly, complete fresh then ...

@alturismo Thank you!!

Thank you All!!

Changes made to config, all booted up, parity check and disks mounted and drives mapped so I'm back in business thanks to you guys!