FreeNASftw
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Two seemingly simple questions..
I've just left my FreeNAS box using DHCP and noticed that at every reboot it seems to change IP address - why is that?
I understand that it CAN change but devices normally retain their given address through reboots.
I just want to know why it keeps changing, I'm aware I can set everything manually or create a DHCP reservation, I'm not worried that it keeps changing, simply want to know why. Under Windows for instance if you issue 'ipconfig /all' it will even say '(preferred)' next to the DHCP address, is this a *nix (or just BSD??) thing that it doesn't do this? DHCP server is PfSense
Also, when I was using a LAGG interface I had issues with Plugins not loading in the tree viewer panel properly (there is a bug report and solution for it) - All I want to know is why the loading of the icons and anything to do with the plugin configuration is dependent on the network - I understand that if there is a network problem I may not be able to access the plugin/jail, but why does the actual running of the plugin require any network at all? Even now that I've gone back to a single NIC and deleted the LAGG, sometimes the plugin icons won't load.
I've just left my FreeNAS box using DHCP and noticed that at every reboot it seems to change IP address - why is that?
I understand that it CAN change but devices normally retain their given address through reboots.
I just want to know why it keeps changing, I'm aware I can set everything manually or create a DHCP reservation, I'm not worried that it keeps changing, simply want to know why. Under Windows for instance if you issue 'ipconfig /all' it will even say '(preferred)' next to the DHCP address, is this a *nix (or just BSD??) thing that it doesn't do this? DHCP server is PfSense
Also, when I was using a LAGG interface I had issues with Plugins not loading in the tree viewer panel properly (there is a bug report and solution for it) - All I want to know is why the loading of the icons and anything to do with the plugin configuration is dependent on the network - I understand that if there is a network problem I may not be able to access the plugin/jail, but why does the actual running of the plugin require any network at all? Even now that I've gone back to a single NIC and deleted the LAGG, sometimes the plugin icons won't load.
