Hi everyone,

 

I am having problems integrating my Unraid server into my new home network following a house move. While I can get the tower booted up and login with my password in the console, I cannot find the tower on the network, neither using //TOWER nor //IP_ADDRESS. As a result I cannot login to the web gui and I am unable to map / share any of the media on my server.

 

Just before we moved I rebuilt my main home PC, which I imagine could also be causing problems. I renamed the workgroup of my new PC to the old one that my unraid server was a part of, but that made no difference.

 

I've attached my syslog for more info.

 

I am not particularly technically savvy when it comes to networking, so I would be most grateful for any suggestions you guys may have.

 

Andrew

syslog_14-09-2013.txt

looks like you have two network cards (an intel and realtek). plug the cable into the other one

I'm not seeing a secondary interface in your configuration--just eth0.  The IP should be 192.168.1.3.  Your log indicates it's up and alive...

 

Sep 13 22:47:49 Tower ifplugd(eth0)[1368]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing.

Sep 13 22:47:49 Tower ifplugd(eth0)[1368]: Using interface eth0/48:5B:39:3B:4D:0A with driver <r8169> (version: 2.3LK-NAPI)

Sep 13 22:47:49 Tower ifplugd(eth0)[1368]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL

Sep 13 22:47:49 Tower ifplugd(eth0)[1368]: Initialization complete, link beat detected.

Sep 13 22:47:49 Tower kernel: r8169: eth0: link up

Sep 13 22:47:49 Tower kernel: r8169: eth0: link up

Sep 13 22:47:49 Tower ifplugd(eth0)[1368]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 up'.

Sep 13 22:47:49 Tower logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/ifconfig eth0 hw ether 48:5B:39:3B:4D:0A

Sep 13 22:47:49 Tower logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.3 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0

Sep 13 22:47:49 Tower logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/route add default gw 192.168.1.1 metric 1

 

Have you tried  http://192.168.1.3 address yet?

 

I should also add this address is hard coded and not using DHCP.  Since you mention you have a new network after a move, it could be some other parameters have changed where you might have more than one device using the same IP, or your network address has changed outside the scope of your unRAID server. 

 

I need to lookup how to configure for DHCP from the command line since you won't be able to do that from the web interface (assuming you can't get to 192.168.1.3).  Verify you can't get to that first.  If you can't then we'll lookup how to modify it from the console.

For DHCP, it should look like this...

 

/boot/config/network.cfg:

 

# Generated network settings

USE_DHCP=yes

IPADDR=

NETMASK=

GATEWAY=

 

 

...thought i saw an intel Pro/100 load??

Firstly, my apologies for leaving this thread so long - a combination of hectic work schedule and the arrival of our second child has put all efforts to resuscitate my unraid serve on the back burner till now. I appreciate the advice offered so far, and sorry for not offering my thanks before now.

 

To confirm, nothing has changed - I am unable to find the server on my network through windows, and even the  http://192.168.1.3 address repeatedly brings up a "The connection has timed out" message. I can also confirm I only have one ethernet port on my server.

 

Grateful for any ideas on how I can get this up and running.

 

Andrew

From your windows computer command prompt type ipconfig and post the IPv4 address and default gateway of your windows machine.

 

Also, since the syslog you posted is several months old now, maybe post a new one so we can make sure we are working from current information.

For DHCP, it should look like this...

 

/boot/config/network.cfg:

 

# Generated network settings

USE_DHCP=yes

IPADDR=

NETMASK=

GATEWAY=

 

+1

 

Take your unraid thumbdrive on your pc to edit the network.cfg file in notepad and setup DHCP to "yes" until you can get it visible on the network.

IPv4 = 192.168.0.6

 

Default gateway = 192.168.0.1

 

Thanks for your help.

So I have edited my network config file to look like the following:

 

# Generated settings:

USE_DHCP=auto

IPADDR=192.168.1.3

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

HWADDR=48:5B:39:3B:4D:0A

DHCP_KEEPRESOLV=no

DNS_SERVER1=192.168.1.1

DNS_SERVER2=71.242.0.12

DNS_SERVER3=

 

 

Does this appear correct?

 

Andrew

So I have edited my network config file to look like the following:

 

# Generated settings:

USE_DHCP=auto

IPADDR=192.168.1.3

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

HWADDR=48:5B:39:3B:4D:0A

DHCP_KEEPRESOLV=no

DNS_SERVER1=192.168.1.1

DNS_SERVER2=71.242.0.12

DNS_SERVER3=

 

 

Does this appear correct?

 

Andrew

 

if you are going to fill it all in then USE_DHCP="yes" or "no" instead of auto

 

USE_DHCP="yes"
IPADDR="192.168.0.145"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"
DHCP_KEEPRESOLV="no"
DNS_SERVER1="192.168.0.1"
DNS_SERVER2=""
DNS_SERVER3=""

Yes, what nacat78 said.

Your old settings for ip address and gateway are a different subnet than your pc so something about your router changed during the move. Is your router provided by your ISP?

The big change was that I moved country, from using a Verizon router in the USA to using a Virgin Media router in the UK.

 

Should I change the other details in the network.config to match my current router settings?

 

Thanks again

YES

I think if you just put it all like nacat78 had in his last post you should be OK. The 145 could be a different number if you want as long as nothing else on your network is using it.

Yes, everything has to match the subnet/ip address range of your new router configuration like mine for example is 192.168.0.145 with my router gateway of 192.168.0.1 but your new router gateway maybe by default set to 192.168.1.1 so you would have to use 192.168.1.145

Thanks guys - about to try this now. Last questions

 

1) Does everything in the network.config file need to be in ""? Such as:

 

# Generated settings:

USE_DHCP="yes"

IPADDR="192.168.0.6"

NETMASK="255.255.255.0"

GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"

HWADDR="48:5B:39:3B:4D:0A"

DHCP_KEEPRESOLV="no"

DNS_SERVER1="192.168.1.1"

DNS_SERVER2="71.242.0.12"

DNS_SERVER3=

 

2) Is HWADDR="48:5B:39:3B:4D:0A" the MAC address for my router, and if so I guess I will need to update that too?

 

Thanks again for all your help.

 

Andrew

Thanks guys - about to try this now. Last questions

 

1) Does everything in the network.config file need to be in ""? Such as:

 

# Generated settings:

USE_DHCP="yes"

IPADDR="192.168.0.6"

NETMASK="255.255.255.0"

GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"

HWADDR="48:5B:39:3B:4D:0A"

DHCP_KEEPRESOLV="no"

DNS_SERVER1="192.168.1.1" Change this to 192.168.0.1

DNS_SERVER2="71.242.0.12"

DNS_SERVER3=

 

2) Is HWADDR="48:5B:39:3B:4D:0A" the MAC address for my router, and if so I guess I will need to update that too?

 

Thanks again for all your help.

 

Andrew

You've still got the old DNS_SERVER1. Change it to match your GATEWAY. Not sure what DNS_SERVER2 points to but I can ping it so it is probably OK. You probably don't need it though.

 

I think HWADDR is probably the MAC address of your unRAID. I don't have that line in my network.cfg so you probably don't need it.

 

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!

 

Many thanks to everyone who gave advice - that seems to have done the trick.

 

Have a wonderful festive season!

 

Andrew

Glad it all worked out "Happy Holidays" to you and yours