Hi all,

 

You guys were a great help in getting me to be able to get to my unRAID box thru my windows browser.

 

But I still have 2 outstanding issues.

 

1)  Can only access it via IP address...//Tower still won't work.

 

2)  Can ony access it Wired...can't get it connected Wireless(ly).

 

Can anyone please take a crack at one (or both) of these?

 

Thanks again!

Andy

When you say you can't access it wirelessly, do you mean access it from a wireless pc or have unraid connect via a wireless adapter?

 

If its the latter, unraid doesn't support this.

Influencer,

 

What I mean is that I am trying to NOT use a wire from the unRAID box to my router and then access it thru my Windows PC browser.

 

It works when unRAID is wired to the router.  Must it be wired?

 

If so, how does the Streamer device eventually access it?

 

Hope that makes sense...Thanks!

 

Andy

Oh wait...duh...I just answered that last question about the Streamer device for myself.  I guess as long as the unRAID box is on the network, it can be accessed by anything, eh?

 

But still...are you saying that unRAID itself must be wired to my router?

 

Thanks again,

Andy

 

@oksurb,

 

you should be able to access it wirelessly.  My network consists of my DSL "modem" (thought it really is not a modem) connected to one NIC on my SmoothWall router.  the other NIC in my SmoothWall router is connected to my gigabit switch.

 

Connected to my gigabit switch is my wireless router (a WRT54G).  My WRT54G also has routing capabilities, but I have turned that off because I already have a Smoothwall router.  So I have an Ethernet wire plugged into port 1 (NOT THE WAN PORT) on the WRT54G and the other end of the Ethernet is plugged into the gigabit switch.  This is known as wireless access point "mode".  Remember NOTHING IS PLUGGED INTO THE WAN PORT, and routing is disabled.  I am able to access my unraid from both wireless and wired networks no problem.

 

My smoothwall router is an old PC with two NIC's in it. appropriately named RED and Green.  RED is connected to DSL, Green connected to Gigabit switch.  If you don't know about smootwall, more information is at www.smoothwall.org.  This firewall is similar to monowall, but I think its a little easier to use.  All communication is handled through smoothwall.

 

If you only have one router and its a DSL/Wireless combination, then connect the unraid to the network at the DSL/Wireless router.  You should be fine then.

 

Hope its clear is mud.

 

 

Oh wait...duh...I just answered that last question about the Streamer device for myself.  I guess as long as the unRAID box is on the network, it can be accessed by anything, eh?

 

But still...are you saying that unRAID itself must be wired to my router?

 

Thanks again,

Andy

 

I am not sure a wireless adaptor will work in unraid but in any case I would advise to attach it wired.. You will be using it as file storage and having it wireless only will make things sloooowww...

 

Ofcourse if you attach the unraid system wired you will still be able to connect to it wireless (remember that your wireless streamer connects to your router and the router (wired) to the unraid box)

idebandSamurai,

 

Holy crap...clear as mud is right...anyway, I think my setup is like you state at the end:

 

>>If you only have one router and its a DSL/Wireless combination, then connect the unraid to the network at the DSL/Wireless router.  You should be fine then.

 

My problem in kinda basic...when I remove the wire from the router (DLink DL624) I get no connectivity to my unRAID box.  If I go into the router I don't see the connection in the logs.  I see it drop when I take the cable out, but it does not connect up wirelessly..so I'm kinda dead in my tracks before I get started.

 

But in my case, using this as a movie server, do you agree with Helmonder's comments that I would be better off just going wired anyway for speed sake?

 

I lose a little flexibility as to where I keep the box, but it should be faster and more stable, no?

 

Andy

 

Helmonder,

 

Thanks for the feedback.  I tend to agree that this is better for my usage to go wired, but I just wish I could make it work wirelessly just for my own sanity (and maybe a little flexibility down the road if I ever use this for something other than a movie server).

 

Anyway...worse case is that I can make it work wired and that's still a good thing...thanks very much for your help and insight!

 

Andy

Ok, I see exactly what you doing.  You have an wireless adapter installed in the Unraid box.  No this will not work, as you need several other packages installed to make it work correctly.  Its not like it can't be done.  You would need to know slackware very well and know which packages to install to make the wireless adapter work.  Lots of command line stuff.  It does not work out of the box.

 

Its easier to stay wired.

 

Sideband Samurai

Regarding network speed it is also better to have a wired connection from server to router.

Echoing other users, unraid does not have wireless capability out of the box. It can be added if you are linux savvy but limetech does not include the drivers or packages to make it work.

 

Your sanity can rest, I'm sure if you were to boot up another full featured os wireless would work fine. You can give it a try if you can't find peace of mind otherwise, make a linux live USB and boot from it. As long as you don't mount any drives you will not be in danger of messing up any data or settings.

Ok, I see exactly what you doing.  You have an wireless adapter installed in the Unraid box.  No this will not work, as you need several other packages installed to make it work correctly.  Its not like it can't be done.  You would need to know slackware very well and know which packages to install to make the wireless adapter work.  Lots of command line stuff.  It does not work out of the box.

 

Its easier to stay wired.

 

Sideband Samurai

one possibility is to use a wireless bridge.  (another inexpensive router located adjacent to the unRAID server that connects directly to the unRAID server, and wirelessly to the rest of the LAN in bridge mode. )  Not sure if the throughput will be enough for High bit-density HD, but it would probably work for most other use if "N" routers are used. 

 

As already mentioned, wired is FAR better.

 

 

If you want to go the bridge route then consider a powerline adapter (tcp thru your electricity socket.

Messages received...WIRED it is!

 

Trying to figure out the wireless approach is neither necessary nor a headache I need right now.

 

Thanks again fellers!

 

Andy