Hello

 

This is my first time using unraid and I am having a hell of a time. I formatted my flash drive properly and get to the tower login screen then I am  having problems from there. I have an ethernet cable hooked up from the server to my Macbook. The server shows up in my network settings "using DHCP" gives me an IP address 169.254.213.173. I can ping the server and it gives me a response. This thread: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=1347.0 , seems to be the same issue, but I have done everything that it suggests ie changed my IP manually to 192.168.0.1 and changed this up on the network.cfg file, but still no response when I type the IP into the address bar. I didn't fill in anything for the Gateway because I don't think I have one because the server is hooked up only to my Macbook and not to my router.

 

What am I doing wrong here? I am getting very frustrated. Can someone help me?

 

Thanks

Mike

There are others here with more networking experience, but I'll offer some suggestions.  Generally, your 2 stations need to be on the same subnet, because the typical subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.  So if you want the unRAID server to be 192.168.0.1, then you want your Mac to be 192.168.0.2 or higher, up to 192.168.0.254.  You need to find out what your Mac IP is, and it may be easier to change the unRAID server's IP to one in the same range as your Mac, that is, only a different last number (from 1 to 254).  If you find that your Mac is 192.168.100.50, then set the unRAID server's IP to something like 192.168.100.51 or 192.168.100.60.

 

It is generally easier to handle this by connecting to the router instead.  It will generally handle the IP's and gateways, etc.

What RobJ said is correct.  You should probably find the IP of your computer and then set the server to something similar.  You are making it a little harder on yourself by not using the router as that will handle all of the "handshaking" for you.