Greetings all,
First time working with this and ran into an interesting hiccup where the NAS box connects to the network when plugged directly into the router on DHCP mode, but is completely offline when it touches a switch first.
NETWORK SETUP: Modem (motorola sb6121) --> Router (Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N) --> Switch (Dell PowerConnect 2216) --> Switch (Linksys ezxs88w) --> FREENAS
FREENAS HARDWARE:
Motherboard: ASUS IPIBL-LB (yanked from HP Pavillion m9457c)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (K) 2.4 GH
RAM: 6GB DDR2
Network: built-in 10/100 ( Realtek 8111C)
HDD: 3x 3TB raid5 equiv
I'm aware that Realtek based NICs are not recommended and am working on procuring an Intel NIC, yet the situation has me puzzled as to why the NAS shows no interest in connecting unless a cable is plugged straight from it to the router.
First time working with this and ran into an interesting hiccup where the NAS box connects to the network when plugged directly into the router on DHCP mode, but is completely offline when it touches a switch first.
NETWORK SETUP: Modem (motorola sb6121) --> Router (Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N) --> Switch (Dell PowerConnect 2216) --> Switch (Linksys ezxs88w) --> FREENAS
FREENAS HARDWARE:
Motherboard: ASUS IPIBL-LB (yanked from HP Pavillion m9457c)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (K) 2.4 GH
RAM: 6GB DDR2
Network: built-in 10/100 ( Realtek 8111C)
HDD: 3x 3TB raid5 equiv
I'm aware that Realtek based NICs are not recommended and am working on procuring an Intel NIC, yet the situation has me puzzled as to why the NAS shows no interest in connecting unless a cable is plugged straight from it to the router.