Can't assign IP to my TrueNAS machine

[zealios]

If you have the firmware download error on bge0, that's likely bad. Run everything on bge1.

I got the firmware error at bge0

 

[Samuel Tai]

Go ahead and delete all the IP config on bge0, and recreate it on bge1. Move the cable over.

 

[zealios]

Go ahead and delete all the IP config on bge0, and recreate it on bge1. Move the cable over.

Now it says i have a firmware error on bge1

 

[Samuel Tai]

I went spelunking through the Internet for some more information about this firmware handshake error. According to https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/13933, this is because a custom HP BIOS has tweaked enough of the onboard Broadcom NIC so it fails to load the TrueNAS (FreeBSD) bge driver. You'll have to use a PCI-E Intel Gigabit NIC, sorry.

 

[zealios]

I went spelunking through the Internet for some more information about this firmware handshake error. According to https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/13933, this is because a custom HP BIOS has tweaked enough of the onboard Broadcom NIC so it fails to load the TrueNAS (FreeBSD) bge driver. You'll have to use a PCI-E Intel Gigabit NIC, sorry.

But it worked fine on a wifi-extender 3 days ago?

 

[Samuel Tai]

Typically these things work OK on Windows, because HP has tweaked the drivers to work with the BIOS. In your case, the bge driver is trying to upload firmware to initialize the PHY, and failing. The OS configuration is correct, but it's not communicating with the NIC hardware.

 

[zealios]

Typically these things work OK on Windows, because HP has tweaked the drivers to work with the BIOS. In your case, the bge driver is trying to upload firmware to initialize the PHY, and failing. The OS configuration is correct, but it's not communicating with the NIC hardware.

I was running TrueNAS on it before too. Its just super weird that switching from a wifi-extender ethernet connection to a direct connection to my main router would make my NAS unusable.

 

[Samuel Tai]

Can you draw up your network before and after the move? We're still having difficulty visualizing what you did.

 

[zealios]

Before:
NAS connected to a network-extender via cable. The network extender had the IP of 192.168.0.21/51, i dont quite remember.
The wifi-extender pointed down to another extender that was connected to the main router.

Now:
I moved my NAS in a place where i get a cabled connection directly to my main router.

I hope this explains it better, thank you for the help so far :).

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

What happens if you set the TrueNAS to DHCP?

Reset config for both bge0 and bge1. Then activate DHCP for one of them. Make sure (ifconfig) the cable is in the right port. Reboot for good measure ...

Sorry, this is definitely weird. Looks like both @Samuel Tai and me are at a bit of a loss here.

 

[zealios]

What happens if you set the TrueNAS to DHCP?

Reset config for both bge0 and bge1. Then activate DHCP for one of them. Make sure (ifconfig) the cable is in the right port. Reboot for good measure ...

Sorry, this is definitely weird. Looks like both @Samuel Tai and me are at a bit of a loss here.

I will have to check for tommorrow, but thanks.
Yeah i think i worded my situation poorly, apologies.

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Yeah i think i worded my situation poorly, apologies.

That's not what I tried to say. No worries. I am really not getting what might be going on with your hardware.

 

[Samuel Tai]

Also try powering off your TrueNAS server, and disconnecting the power supply for 2 minutes, to all all capacitors to drain. Then powering up again. See if the firmware download error reappears.