July 2, 201016 yr Hi! This is the first time i try to setup an unRAID Server so I hope you'll be patient I build up a new computer using an Asus M4A785T-M mainboard with an onboard Realtek 8112L PCIe Gigabit LAN controller. The NIC is connected to my router which is used as a DHCP server but not IP address is assigned to the unRAID server. If I type ifconfig the following message appears: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e0:cb:4e:ab:c5:ee 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) interrupt:26 base address:0x4000 lo link encap:local loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 mask:255.0.0.0 up loopback running mtu:16436 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:0 rx bytes:560 (560.0 b) tx bytes:560 (560.0 b) As you can see no IP address is assigned. So I've tried to set an IP by myself by changing the network.cfg file but this does not work either. So I believe there could be an issue with the NIC driver? If I type "lsmod": root@Tower:~# lsmod Module Size Used by md_mod 37868 0 xor 12825 1 md_mod atiixp 1768 0 ahci 27189 0 r8169 27628 0 I assume r8169 is the driver for the Realtek NIC but I'm not sure if this is the correct driver since I use a 8112L chip and not a 8169. I also attached the syslog.txt file hopefully you will find any issues during boot and can help me to solve the problem. I've tried to search the forum for any help but I couldn't find a solution that worked for. Thanks for help. p.s. Sorry for my poor English skills but it's not my first language syslog.txt
July 3, 201016 yr when you login can you see any contents of the /boot directory? The reason I ask is I had the same problem earlier and it was because it couldn't read the contents of the /boot directory where the config files are. When that happened I had to create a new flash drive. Meaning I had to copy the files to the flash drive and try again.
July 3, 201016 yr Author When I login an type ls /boot I got a list of the following files: bzimage* config/ license.txt* menu.c32* syslinux.cfg* bzroot* ldlinux.sys* memtest* readme.txt* So I think that is working pretty fine. There must be another reason for my problem.
July 3, 201016 yr Your syslog shows no link detected. Does your motherboard have more than one either-net connector? Perhaps you have the cable in the one it is not using? Or, it could be the cable itself, or the port on the router. many ether-net connectors have indicator lights built into them. Do yours? Are they let? If so, how? Joe L.
July 3, 201016 yr Author My motherboard only have one ethernet connector, the cable works fine with other PCs and I've installed Windows 7 an my unRAID server to test the new components before I used it with unRAID software and the nic worked petty fine under Windows 7 with the same cable and port of the router. The connector has two lights a green and a orange. When unRAID is running only the orange light is flashing every now and then.
July 3, 201016 yr My motherboard only have one ethernet connector, the cable works fine with other PCs and I've installed Windows 7 an my unRAID server to test the new components before I used it with unRAID software and the nic worked petty fine under Windows 7 with the same cable and port of the router. The connector has two lights a green and a orange. When unRAID is running only the orange light is flashing every now and then. Then it sounds as if it does not have the proper driver for your chipset.
July 3, 201016 yr Author According to this thread the motherboard should work fine with unRAID: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5909.0
July 3, 201016 yr According to this thread the motherboard should work fine with unRAID: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5909.0 Then I'd try another cable or port on the router. Are you using the same version of unRAID as the person in that other post? Joe L.
July 3, 201016 yr Author No I used 4.5.4 and now 4.5.5. I've tried another cable and a different port on the router but it's still not working. I will reinstall Windows 7 on this computer maybe the NIC is defect and is not longer working even if it did before.
July 3, 201016 yr Author Ok I activated a function called "check LAN cable" in BIOS and now I got an IP in unRAID and I can login the webif using my browser. But that doesn't really make sense because this function is disabled by default maybe it's just a coincidence and there is still a problem with the nic itself. According to the manual this option enables or disables checking the Realtek LAN cable during the POST. Doesn't sound very important. I will reboot the PC several times and check if an IP is assigned.
July 3, 201016 yr Author I've rebooted the server several times now with different cables and different ports at my router and gigabit switch and for some reason it works fine now. An IP is assigned every time although I don't really know why. Anyway, thanks for the help
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