TechDot Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 First, I am a total newbie to unRAID. I have a little experience with linux, but I am by no means a superuser...I hope somebody here can help me. I downloaded and installed unRAID 6 free trial and got it to boot on an old server. I can login as root on the server. I edited the network.config file to assign a static IP and not use DHCP because it is on an AD domain: # Generated network settings USE_DHCP=no IPADDR=192.168.0.235 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=192.168.0.1 When I try to access the webgui on another computer on the same network through any web browser I get a connection_timed_ out error. I tried to telnet and no luck there either. All support seems to assume you can get to the webgui, so I cannot use any of those posts or the telnet ones(seems like troubleshooting should maybe start with what to do if you cannot access the server by telnet or webgui). I found a post which told me to type diagnostics at the prompt so I did that. Attached is the tower-diagnostics file. I am trying to repurpose an old server as a storage device for backups. Any help would be greatly appreciated. tower-diagnostics-20150904-0645.zip Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 You did use the IP address (192.168.0.235) as the address of server and not its name? Quote Link to comment
sureguy Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Can you ping IP of the server? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Can you ping IP of the server? And can you ping the gateway address from unraid's local console? Quote Link to comment
TechDot Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 destination host unreachable when trying to ping 192.168.0.1 from the server prompt, started a continuous ping attempt, had to hard shutdown server to stop it. Quote Link to comment
TechDot Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 restarted server and tried to ping the ip address from a different workstation: Destination Host unreachable Quote Link to comment
mr-hexen Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Your motherboard has two ethernet ports, have you tried changing ports? Quote Link to comment
TechDot Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 Yes, switched when I first could not connect. Quote Link to comment
mr-hexen Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 How about the port on the switch side. It's not connecting to the other end..saw this in your logs: Speed: Unknown! Duplex: Unknown! (255) If switching ports on the switch doesnt work, try a new cat5e cable. Quote Link to comment
TechDot Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 @MrHexen: Thank you! New cable worked! Can now login to WebGUI. I guess I should have checked that, but the cable was the last thing I would have suspected as it had been in use before. Quote Link to comment
TechDot Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 How do I mark this thread as solved? Quote Link to comment
mr-hexen Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Make sure you cut that cable in half and file it under "G". You can mark it solved by editting your first post and changing the title and icon. Quote Link to comment
TechDot Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 OK, so I rebooted the server(from the WebGUI) after registering and added three 3TB drives, now I cannot access the WebGUI again? Quote Link to comment
mr-hexen Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I hate to state the obvious. But have you checked the cable to make sure its still properly plugged in? Quote Link to comment
TechDot Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 Yes,I have lights on the back of the server, and I just tested the cable with an Ethernet continuity tester and it Passed. Is there something I can run from the server prompt? Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Yes,I have lights on the back of the server, and I just tested the cable with an Ethernet continuity tester and it Passed. Is there something I can run from the server prompt? ifconfig and ethtool eth0 Quote Link to comment
TechDot Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 Here is the current diagnostics file from the server tower-diagnostics-20150908-0925.zip Quote Link to comment
TechDot Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 I edited the network.config file... DHCP was turned back on. changed it to "no" and I can access the WebGUI again. Thanks for all your help! addendum: the server and RAID controller are too old, and do not recognize 3TB drives(showing 750gb in POST) and no drives are showing in array devices. I think that just stuck a fork in it, it's done. Many thanks to all who replied. Quote Link to comment
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