SOLVED New install 9.10.2-U3 no networking

[Dundee]

I just installed 9.10.2-U3 and I cannot ping the IP or reach the GUI from another machine on the network. From the machine shell I cannot ping the gateway or any other machine on the network. My router is set up as the dhcp server for 192.168.0.10 through 192.168.0.255. I had reserved ip 192.168.0.14 for that mac in my router. With the interface configured for dhcp its giving me an IP of 0.0.0.0 which doesn't work. If I try setting the IP to 192.168.0.14 or 192.168.0.9 it still doesn't work. Not sure what to try next. How do I mount a fat32 formatted USB stick in the shell so I can add command output?
Router: NetGear N450-100NAS
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+
Processor: AMD A8 7600
Memory: 8gb
OS on 16gb USB stick
2 WD Red 4tb drives with ZFS mirror
I also have arch Linux installed on a 128gb SSD. It's been handling the ZFS mirror and Plex. I can still boot it an get everything working.

Thanks
Chris

 

[joeschmuck]

Go into the Console and manually setup the IP address. I prefer a static IP. Did you setup the netmask and gateway?

If this doesn't work, connect the ethernet cable directly between the FreeNAS computer and your main computer, then try to configure and access it.

-Joe

 

[melloa]

My router is set up as the dhcp server

That should work fine (that's how I do all my servers).

Are you sure FreeNAS is bringing the interface up?

What do you get from the shell when commanding

Code:

ifconfig

? Do you see the messages on the console bringing the interface up and getting an IP?

A fresh install goes DHCP by default, but you can do as Joe suggests above and try to setup as static, but if doing so, please don't forget to assing your default router, dns, etc.

 

[Jailer]

Check your cables. Sounds silly but you're not getting any connection at all ATM and you need to start simple and work from there.

 

[melloa]

Check your cables. Sounds silly but you're not getting any connection at all ATM and you need to start simple and work from there.

Agree, but:

I also have arch Linux installed on a 128gb SSD. It's been handling the ZFS mirror and Plex. I can still boot it an get everything working.

If same box, cable and interface should be fine.

@Dundee please confirm your setup ...

 

[Dundee]

That should work fine (that's how I do all my servers).

Are you sure FreeNAS is bringing the interface up?

What do you get from the shell when commanding

Code:

ifconfig

? Do you see the messages on the console bringing the interface up and getting an IP?

A fresh install goes DHCP by default, but you can do as Joe suggests above and try to setup as static, but if doing so, please don't forget to assing your default router, dns, etc.

I'd like to get it working with dhcp if possible. I've never done any static networking.

Code:

ifconfig
alc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=c319a<TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO,LINKSTATE>
	ether d0:50:99:54:01:2e
	inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
	nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
	status: active
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
	options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

 

[Jailer]

Have you ever been able to connect to this machine with FreeNAS installed? Currently you are not getting any connection from your router, that's why I suggested checking your cables. If the static reservation was from your previous OS installation delete that reservation and start over. You need to establish an IP first and then you can reserve it and set in the GUI in FreeNAS.

 

[Dundee]

Have you ever been able to connect to this machine with FreeNAS installed? Currently you are not getting any connection from your router, that's why I suggested checking your cables. If the static reservation was from your previous OS installation delete that reservation and start over. You need to establish an IP first and then you can reserve it and set in the GUI in FreeNAS.

I have never connected with FreeNAS. I can still boot Linux and connect. I tried swapping cables as well. I removed all address reservations. Rebooted the router. Reset FreeNAS to factory defaults. I see messages during boot about DHCPDISCOVER 5 times then no DHCPOFFERS received. Is it possible the router dhcp is incompatible?

 

[Jailer]

I doubt it and the NIC is supported by FreeBSD so it's not that. Verify the checksum of the ISO file you downloaded and try a fresh install. I'm out of ideas on what could be causing this.

 

[gpsguy]

You'd be better off with an Intel Pro/1000 CT, than the built-in Atheros NIC.

You might also test the new FreeNAS 11.0 RC version. It's based on FreeBSD 11, as opposed to 9.10 which uses FreeBSD 10.3.

 

[Dundee]

You'd be better off with an Intel Pro/1000 CT, than the built-in Atheros NIC.

You might also test the new FreeNAS 11.0 RC version. It's based on FreeBSD 11, as opposed to 9.10 which uses FreeBSD 10.3.

I think its the built in nic. I tried 11.0 RC. I also tried another USB stick. Neither helped. I then tried another machine hooked to the same router and it had no problem getting an IP.

 

[melloa]

I think its the built in nic.

Got to agree with @gpsguy. You will probably be better with an intel nic.

 

[joeschmuck]

I'd like to get it working with dhcp if possible. I've never done any static networking.

Assigning a static IP is easy. In your router I'd recommend making a change to your DHCP server to limit the upper address to 192.168.0.200 and then assign 192.168.0.201 to FreeNAS. I'll walk you through the setup from the FreeNAS console (for this example I'm using FreeNAS 11-RC but other versions are similar):

1) Enter option 1 for Configure Network Inferfaces
2) You should have an option like "em1", press the number for it (should be 1).
3) Next answer "n"
4) Next answer "n" as we do not want DHCP here.
5) Next answer "y" to configure IPv4.
6) Give it a name like "NIC"
7) Enter "192.168.0.201/24"
8) Answer "n" because we do not care about IPv6.

At this point you should have an IP address now which looks like "http://192.168.0.201" but we are not stopping here.

9) Enter option 6 to Configure DNS.
10) Hit return to accespt DNS Domain [local].
11) Enter "192.168.0.1" but I'm assuming your DNS from your router is 192.168.0.1 of course, if it's not then adjust accordingly.
12) Hit return again unless you have a second DNS but really you shoudln't do this unless you know it for certain.

You should be all set. Now try your GUI again. If the console does not show you "The web user interface is at: http://192.168.0.201" then you have likely a hardware compatability issue or BIOS is not setup correctly. Also, is your BIOS up to date?

 

[Jailer]

Assigning a static IP is easy.

But the problem is he's not getting any connection from the router. The IP address of 0.0.0.0 shows that and the fact that his NIC is detected with the correct driver loaded indicates problems. The NIC is supposed to be supported but as others have noted he'd be better off trying an Intel NIC at this point since nothing will work with no connection established.

 

[joeschmuck]

Assigning a static IP address may get his system operational and it's worth the try over waiting for a new NIC to arrive. Also we have no idea if the BIOS is current which could play a critical part. So I'm providing options. Of course I believe in adding in a real Intel NIC, they are vastly more reliable than other brands on FreeNAS.

 

[Jailer]

True it's worth a try but I'm not optimistic it will work.

 

[Dundee]

I installed a new nic and it works fine now.
Thanks

 

[joeschmuck]

Good to hear.

 

[melloa]

As Tony The Tiger would say: Grrrrrrreat!