Hey all,

 

Just put together a new build, but can't seem to access the server. I've been following the configuration tutorial but I've hit a roadblock.

 

I've successfully installed unRAID on my flash drive, and I've got it to boot. I've set a static IP address, and it kicks that info back to me on the "ifconfig eth0" prompt. I've checked my SATA hard drives and they're good to go. When I proceed to the next step in the tutorial -- logging on via a web browser -- I get nothing; //tower doesn't work, neither does the static IP I set, //192.168.1.81. The server doesn't show up in my Network places (running Windows like I've read it should in other posts.

 

I've tried the last two stable versions of v5 (5.0.5 and 5.0.6) as well as unRAIDServer-6.0-beta12-x86_64, but no luck on any.

 

I'm obviously super new to all this, so any help is greatly appreciated. Really want to get this thing up and rocking. Thanks!

What is the IP address of your Windows computer? From a Windows command prompt

ipconfig

192.168.1.139

Check ethernet cables and router ports. Do the port LEDs on each end of the cable indicate connection?

Port light on the router is active. LEDs active at each end.

Do you have more than one ethernet port on your unRAID? If so try the other one.

 

On unRAID, what does

ifconfig

and

ethtool eth0

show?

Moving to the other onboard LAN port worked. Unbelievable.

 

Thanks! I never would have thought that. I sure feel like a dummy.

I think unRAID only tries the first one it finds and doesn't try any others.

Actually if you have multiple ports you can enable bonding and it will find the other ports.    But in the absence of bonding I think you're right -- once it finds a port, it simply enables that one and stops looking.