Primary NIC for a Lagg setup ?

[mr.Magoo]

Hello,

Apologies if I'm asking something simple, but I've scanned the forum and documentation and I've been unable to locate an answer.

My FreeNAS machine has a lagg setup and I'm using DHCP with a reserved IP.

My problem is that the FreeNAS seem to be alternating which NIC / MAC is the requesting MAC to the DHCP server,
and as a result it's a hit 'n miss whether I get the reserved IP or if I get a random IP from the pool.

Besides setting a fixed IP (which I'd rather not) is there a solution for this ?

Many Thanks,

MrM

 

[Elliot Dierksen]

I suspect the LAGG is going to pick the MAC of the NIC that comes up first. That could vary. The only solution that is going to work reliably (and easily) is to give the server a static IP. <Personal Opinion> Servers should have static IP's </Personal Opinion>. :)