Static IP

[Sykes_21]

I'm new to FreeNas.

I installed the latest and greatest on a physical server that has 2 nics. (only one is active)
install goes perfect, I can configure volumes, it's all good.
But when I goto set the active nic to a static IP: 172.16.10.70 255.255.240.0
I loose network connectivity. I rebooted the server. still no luck. I look at console and it says:

Web User Interface is at:

https://172.16.10.70 but I can't ping or http to it.

I also tried to change IP via console with changing IP with same results.

I also selected "reset to defaults" and it brought the NIC back to DHCP and works. but the second I change to static I loose connection...

Any thoughts?

 

[melloa]

Any thoughts?

1 - Leave it DHCP and set the static assignment @ your router.
2 - Provide your specs in case you want the folks to help further.

 

[Sykes_21]

Huawei Fusion Server RH2288 V3. All flash SSD drives 10TB in total.
2 nics. 512GB RAM. not sure what else you need for info...

172.16.0.0 /20 subnet. Windows 2012 DHCP & DNS servers. all on same VLAN.

 

[Chris Moore]

It probably tricked you and switched to the other port. Did you try swapping the wire?

 

[melloa]

not sure what else you need for info...

FreeNAS version would be good (latest and greatest means 11.1-U6 for me), but, have you assigned the default route for the interface when setting the static IP on it? Again ... must easier and painless do it on your router.

 

[cobrakiller58]

Just to be clear you have your other equipment setup with 172.16.0.xxx ip's but you want your freenas machine to be in 172.16.10.xxx instead of the 172.16.0.xxx range?

 

[Elliot Dierksen]

Honestly, the most likely culprit is something simple. Something like the host(s) you are using to ping FreeNAS don't have the subnet mask. I forget where I heard it, but it is almost always true. Inside every big problem is a little problem dying to get out.

 

[pschatz100]

I doubt it is a FreeNAS issue. You probably don't have your network configured properly. Are there any other machines at 172.16.10.xxx that you can ping?

What are you trying to accomplish? What is the IP address that gets assigned when you use DHCP?

 

[Sykes_21]

Figured it out. All i had to do was add a Gateway, it was blank. soon as I added a gateway, worked fine.