network showing down

[knightrider15]

is anybody able to tell me why 0/7 network ports will detect a network cable?  im very new to linux, and unraid, but ive tried different hardware configs, and its 7 different network ports, on three add in cards, and two onboard, across at least two different interfaces.  it detects the hardware, but not the cables...

tower-diagnostics-20171018-1242.zip

[Frank1940]

I looked through your diagnostics (I am no Guru when it comes to complex Ethernet setups)  and I can't figure out what you are talking about.  I saw only two Ethernet adapters detected during the startup phase of your system.  Have you tried both ports?  Have you tried using this address--   192.168.1.159     --to access the server?  

 

Post up a description of your hardware setup-- the MB and any Ethernet adapters you might be using.  

 

One more thing.  Try starting the server in the Safe Mode.  (It is an option presented during in the bootup phase in the boot menu).

[knightrider15]

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i am using a h8dme-2 from supermicro, with two 6 core operons.  i had removed all the add in network cards on the boot which i pulled the diagnosis from. so on that boot, it was the two onboard nic's and thats it, and unraid sees them and they show up, but it always says the ports are down. i cannot remember the model of the add in cards, but i tested in windows and all 7 nics work as expected

 

[knightrider15]

Bcm95704ca40 is the model number of the two add in nics i intend to use

[bonienl]

The output of ethtool is empty in your diagnostics. Can you try this command from CLI and see if it gives an error message?

[knightrider15]

i am sorry that im not using the correct flags after ethtool, but im not sure what most of the help message means. but i booted in gui safe mode and it assigned itself an ip with the gateway set to kernel and after typing "ethtool" it says "bad command line argumets" but the help made no sense to me

[knightrider15]

update, i rebooted the system into normal gui mode, and set the ip, gateway, and dns server manually, and now i can connect to the server online, but smb shares are not working

[knightrider15]

for some reason, it starts naming ethernet devices at 4, meaning i have eth4, eth5, eth6 but i still have settings for eth0

[bonienl]

Delete the file "network-rules.cfg" in the /config folder on your flash device and reboot the server, this will re-assign the interfaces.

[knightrider15]

thank you to everyone on this thread for your help and support, im learning so much here and am glad that theres a community to help me and not be rude