Cannot Log In

[Raheel]

Hi folks,

I set up my FreeNAS system a while ago, and sort of forgot about it as it seemed to run fine hosting files etc.
Now that I try to log on to it using the IP address, the site is unreachable.

I can still access the files on it from my network, and plex is running as expected. But I can't log in to it.

How can I start troubleshooting this?

 

[danb35]

But I can't log in to it.

How are you trying to log in? To the web GUI? Via SSH? What's showing on the console?

 

[Raheel]

The web gui.
I am pointing to an IP address from my notes when I had it set up back in the day.

 

[danb35]

What's showing on the console?

...and can you ping that IP address?

 

[Raheel]

...and can you ping that IP address?

Pinging 192.168.1.54 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.38: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.38: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.38: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.38: Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.54:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

 

[danb35]

Reply from 192.168.1.38: Destination host unreachable.

Interesting, what device is 192.168.1.38? And, for the third time, what's on the console?

If your shares are still working, and the web GUI isn't, my suspicion is that the IP address has changed. Turning on the monitor would tell you if that's the case.

 

[Raheel]

The IP address did change apparently. This is what I see on the console:

 

[danb35]

Yep, that will do it. Are you able to log in on that IP address? If so, it would seem that everything's working as intended--though you'd probably want to set up a static IP address on your server.

 

[Raheel]

Yep, that will do it. Are you able to log in on that IP address? If so, it would seem that everything's working as intended--though you'd probably want to set up a static IP address on your server.

no, can't seem to access that either.

 

[Raheel]

no, can't seem to access that either.

Pinging 192.168.1.79 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.38: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.38: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.38: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.38: Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.79:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

 

[danb35]

what device is 192.168.1.38?

 

[Raheel]

That appears to be the computer i am pinging from.

 

[Raheel]

I was able to log in after a reboot. But got this error: The WebGUI Address could not bind to 192.168.1.54; using wildcard

 

[danb35]

The WebGUI Address could not bind to 192.168.1.54; using wildcard

That isn't really a problem, but there appears to be something odd in your network settings. As I suggested above, you'd generally want to set a static IP address for a server anyway.