I've had my Unraid server up and running for a few months now, have 2 NICs on my server but was only using ETH0 initially(with bonding enabled).  ETH2 was not in use/configured.  In the mean time I have been working on a networking setup to allow me to encrypt all outgoing data on ETH0, while leaving local access to Samba, etc using ETH1.  Now that I've removed bonding from ETH0, the server never came back accessible, when logging into the server directly when viewing localhost in GUI mode it cannot find the server.

Is there a way for me to re-enable bonding for ETH0?  Somewhat comfortable with CLI. Let me know if there's any specific files I can show to help.  Thanks

Edited August 21, 20187 yr by notwen

If you delete the following two files on your boot flash device and reboot the networking is restored to the defaults:

 

config/network.cfg

config/network-rules.cfg

 

From the unRAID command line you'd need to type

rm /boot/config/network.cfg
rm /boot/config/network-rules.cfg

They will be recreated as necessary when you reboot. The default is for bridging and bonding to be enabled, with all NICs as members of the bond and IP address allocation is by DHCP. The bond type is active backup (type 1) so you can plug your network cable into any available port and it will work. You can then go to Settings -> Network Settings to customise.

Thank you, I'll try it tomorrow afternoon and report back.

That did it, I'm back up and running.  Is there a reference or faq on the bridging option for network settings?

 

I am wanting to use eth0 for internal network access like Samba shares for my in-house network while using eth1 to allow a docker application(Plex) external internet traffic(ideally this would always be connected via VPN with a kill switch when VPN disconnects).

 

I currently have a Ubiquiti Edgerouter with dhcp reservations in place and am willing to do the VPN/killswitch on the router if that is more practical.

This thread might help: