Was building a second Freenas in my home from spare PC parts (Asrock Z87M Extreme 4 Mobo, I7-4771 CPU, 4x4GB DDR3 plus some WD Red 2TB drives). I know not server grade parts but thought it would be ok as a cheap backup NAS for replication duties with my primary FreeNas.
I installed 11.3 on the new NAS while it was out in the open on my desk. Everything seemed fine (was connected to my USB keyboard and monitor and also tested without via another PC to the NAS Web gui). Then I moved the NAS to my built in cabinet where it was not connected to a monitor and keyboard and it would not appear on network and could not access the web gui from another PC. I went back and forth trying to isolate the issue (BIOS issue shutting down with no peripherals attached), bad cabling in the cabinet, etc etc. After all of the trouble shooting, I think the issue is this. In my cabinet, I have a Unifi Wifi Access point in the top of the cavity where the NAS was placed (maybe 1 foot above the NAS). The AP must be creating some type of interface with the NIC or motherboard making it lose network connectivity then the NAS shuts down. When I removed the AP, the NAS has been running solid ever since (a few hours now) inside the cabinet.
Does the above make sense? Can a close proximity Wifi access point somehow interfere with the NIC/Mobo of a NAS?
Curious if this sounds plausible or not.
Thanks!
I installed 11.3 on the new NAS while it was out in the open on my desk. Everything seemed fine (was connected to my USB keyboard and monitor and also tested without via another PC to the NAS Web gui). Then I moved the NAS to my built in cabinet where it was not connected to a monitor and keyboard and it would not appear on network and could not access the web gui from another PC. I went back and forth trying to isolate the issue (BIOS issue shutting down with no peripherals attached), bad cabling in the cabinet, etc etc. After all of the trouble shooting, I think the issue is this. In my cabinet, I have a Unifi Wifi Access point in the top of the cavity where the NAS was placed (maybe 1 foot above the NAS). The AP must be creating some type of interface with the NIC or motherboard making it lose network connectivity then the NAS shuts down. When I removed the AP, the NAS has been running solid ever since (a few hours now) inside the cabinet.
Does the above make sense? Can a close proximity Wifi access point somehow interfere with the NIC/Mobo of a NAS?
Curious if this sounds plausible or not.
Thanks!
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