I have had the unRaid hooked up for many years.  We just moved to a new place.  I am trying now to reconnect it and it can't be found.  I can't browse to it by entering tower/ in my browser or via "My Computer"

 

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium.  It is the same computer that was connecting properly prior to moving.

Same router as before? Is unraid set for dhcp or a static ip?

It is a different router through a different Internet company.  I don't know if the unraid is set for dhcp or static.  My guess is static.

It is a different router through a different Internet company.  I don't know if the unraid is set for dhcp or static.  My guess is static.

If it's static, it's probably set to an address that is no longer valid for the new router. Do you have a monitor and keyboard attached to the server?

I booted the server and have a monitor hooked up along with a keyboard.  I get to the login section and enter 'root' then enter. 

 

The Tower responds this:

 

Linux 2.6.27.7-unRAID

root@Tower:~#

 

and then does absolutely nothing.  If hit enter, it simply repeats root@Tower:~# like Jack Nicholson in the Shining.

 

 

What are you expecting it to do? You have logged in, but you aren't issuing any commands.

 

Try typing ifconfig and pressing enter.

 

I am sorry.  I don't know the command to get the server to recognize the new router I am on. 

 

I did an ifconfig command and got some information back, but I don't know how to command the unraid to retrieve the IP address from the server.

 

Any help with that is much appreciated. 

 

Try typing ifconfig and pressing enter.

 

Let me know what I am looking for after entering ifconfig and I will send it over.

Show the output of ifconfig in a photograph the screen.

Here is the image I get from the ifconfig command in the server.  Let me know what you think.

 

Now we need to know the IP address of your computer. 

The IP address for my computer is 192.168.0.5

the problem is that your router (and all devices) are on subnet 192.168.0.x and unraid is on subnet 192.168.1.x presently (assigned statically).  These cannot speak to each other. 

 

You will either need to reconfigure the router to use 192.168.1.x, or reconfigure unraid to use DHCP, or 192.168.0.x.

 

If you're unfamiliar with linux, the easiest way to accomplish this is to:

 

1)  Temporarily assign your computer a static IP of 192.168.1.100

2)  In a browser (the internet won't work right now) go to http://192.168.1.140  - That's unRAID

3)  Use the unraid web site to change your network settings so that the IP is 192.168.0.140  (the subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS servers should match the current values of your computer - before you set the static IP).

4) While this should "just work" might as well stop the array and restart unRAID

5) Change your computer back to DHCP, or what ever IP address you had before

 

 

I'm sure someone has a more elegant solution for this.

 

Also be aware that if any of your machines were somehow accessing unraid by the old IP address they won't be able to until they change to the new IP 192.168.0.140.

Thanks SureGuy and everyone else.  That fixed it.  I was able to log into the router and assign a different IP address which addressed the issue.