May 7, 200719 yr Just fired up my unRaid server for the first time today and it stops and says "tower login". I searched the website and there are no instructions on what to do after botting up the flash drive. My mobo is a Asus A8N-SLI premium. I know that Intel boards are recommended but I'm hoping this board will be ok. *crossing fingers...
May 7, 200719 yr What you're seeing is normal behavior. This simply means that the server has finished booting up and is ready for you to either log on to the server directly (although I'd only recommend that if you're familiar with linux or unix) or via your normal workstation's web browser (i.e., by typing //tower in the address bar). The link parsec provided should help walk you through the steps you need to follow to configure and format your drives. The good news is that if you have further questions, this forum is an excellent place to start.
May 8, 200719 yr Author Thanks for the replies. This is my first NAS, but lets hope I have no more questions!
May 9, 200719 yr Author More questions... Ok, So what do I do after the unRaid boots? I tried to follow the directions and log into my server using IE by entering "tower" in my address bar, and Yahoo search comes up with searches from "tower". I'm using a D-Link Gigabyte switch btw... This is uncharted territory for me so please bare with me! CNV
May 9, 200719 yr Author I also don't see unRaid in my Networks. I used network wizard to set up my network btw...
May 10, 200719 yr I suspect your workstation and your unRAID server can't "see" each other on the network due to "subnet" differences. Try this. 1. Assuming you run Windows on your PC. Click on Start, Run... When the window pops up, type "cmd" (without the quotes) and click the OK button. A small text window should pop up. Type in "ipconfig" (again, without the quotes) and press the Enter key. Write down the results. You're looking for three values...IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway...which should appear as a string of four numbers separated by periods (i.e., 192.168.1.100). 2. At the Tower login prompt of your unRAID server, type in "root" and press the Enter key. Then type "ifconfig eth0" (that the number zero at the end) and press the Enter key. Again, write down the results, although you should only need the results of the second line...inet addr, Bcast and Mask. Post your results.
May 11, 200719 yr Author Bill, Wrote down the three values on my computer, but when I typed in "ifconfig eth0" on the NAS, there are no IP values. It says... Link encap:ethernet HWAddr 00:15:f2:05:96:0c up broadcast multicast mtu:1500 metric:1 rx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 tx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 rx bytes:0 (0.0 b) tx bytes:0 (0.0 b) interupt:3 memory:d4000000-0 Thanks for the help!
May 11, 200719 yr Could the ethernet port on your mobo be dead? With Asus boards, that is always my first guess. Their ethernet ports are notoriously bad. Also, check your bios to make sure the ethernet is set up properly. If you have an extra NIC laying around and a free PCI slot, try it out. If you do try another NIC, make sure you disable the onboard LAN first.
May 11, 200719 yr That motherboard has 2 on-board GigE NIC's. You will need to go into your bios and disable one of them since unRAID is not set up currently to support 2. Go to 'Onboard Device Configuration' and disable either 'Onboard NV LAN' or 'Onboard Marvell LAN'. Which one to disable? Probably doesn't matter. I'd probably try disabling the NV LAN first.
May 11, 200719 yr Author Thanks for all the help! I just finsihed assigning devices and everything is loading right now....
May 12, 200719 yr Author Still not finished yet... So everything is fine with the NAS. All drives are online and error free according to "disk status", but I'm still unable to see the NAS on My Networks. Ipconfig on my Windows XP PC reads... Ipconfig... 192.168.1.70 subnet mask... 225.225.225.0 def. gateway... 192.168.1.254 ifconfig eth0 on my NAS reads... 192.168.1.78 192.168.1.225 225.225.225.0 TIA!
May 12, 200719 yr I'm not an expert in these things, but some of the values you reported do not look right. Subnet masks are typically 255's, not 225's, but perhaps that is a typo? Default Gateway typically ends in a .1, not a .254. But changing it would require some router management, and understanding why it has the current value. One thing I haven't seen mentioned anywhere (I may have missed it or forgotten it), but I have always thought that the workgroup name had to be set correctly for 'My Networks' to see other workstations. I edited ident.cfg in the \flash\config directory to have the same workgroup name as I use for my networked computers.
May 12, 200719 yr I agree with RobJ, those subnet mask settings don't look right. Hopefully it's a typo, but here are my settings as a comparison: IP Address: 192.168.2.50 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1 inet addr: 192.168.2.100 Bcast: 192.168.2.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0 Robj's also right about the workgroup name. In order for your PC to see your unRAID NAS via My Networks, they need to share a common workgroup name. For unRAID, that's set through the browser interface (//tower), on the Settings "tab" in the Identification section. For your PC, click on Start, Control Panel, then click on the System icon. Click on the Computer Name tab.
May 12, 200719 yr Author It was a typo! Its 255, and not 225. The default gateway is correct. On a good note I just made the workgroup names the same and now everything is working. One was "Home" and the other was "Mshome". I see the "disk1 on Media server (Tower)" and so on. So to use this storage space, I pick what drive I want the file on and copy it onto that drive, and monitor drive space by the browser interface? I was under assumption that it would be one large disk. I want to thank you all for the help! It was much appreciated.
May 13, 200719 yr On a good note I just made the workgroup names the same and now everything is working. Excellent news! I see the "disk1 on Media server (Tower)" and so on. So to use this storage space, I pick what drive I want the file on and copy it onto that drive, and monitor drive space by the browser interface? That's one way to do it...but not the easiest. Navigate though Windows Explorer until you've highlighted "disk1 on Media server (Tower)". Press the right mouse button and a small window will pop up. Click on "Map Network Drive..." Another window (Map Network Drive) will pop up. Select a letter you'd like to assign to the drive, make sure the "Reconnect on logon" box is checked and click the Finish button. You're done! Now you can treat your unRAID drive as if it was running inside your PC! Hint 1 - Windows will reserve some for devices it recognized on boot up (which is why you can't select "C"). Hint 2 - Leave some rooms between the highest letter assigned to your current devices and your new unRAID drive. That way, when you plug in a flash/thumb drive, you won't have a problem seeing it. I was under assumption that it would be one large disk. No...by default, each data drive will show up as an individual drive in My Network. You can make multiple drives appear as one large disk using user shares, but that's not a feature I've tried.
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