SOLVED Unable to Download Plugins

[grizmo]

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Network tab
Default gateway - #.#.0.1
DNS - 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4
Re0: DHCP IPv4

Step 1: Open shell tab, and ping google.com
I got inbound and outbound traffic
0 packet lost

Step 2: Go to plugins tab, download any plugin just for testing purpose.
Reach to 75 percent, then error...

[EFAULT] Exception: URLError:< urlopen error [Errno 8] hostname nor servname provided, or not known > occured, destroyed syncthing.

Huh?! I was able to ping and connect to the internet.

Open Shell tab again, and ping google.com
I got inbound and outbound traffic
0 packet lost

Uh... Okay...

Change default gateway to #.#.0.2

Ping
Unable to find host

Make sense because default gateway is #.#.0.1...

Change default gateway back to #.#.0.1
Open Shell, and Ping
I got inbound and outbound traffic
0 packet lost

Working again. Hmm
Go back to step 2, and repeat infinity.
I am able to repeat this same behavior every single time.

If it is a firewall issue, then what TCP/UPD port number do I open to download plugins?

 

[Basil Hendroff]

Try setting your primary DNS to your gateway address.

 

[Redcoat]

OK, try giving FreeNAS a static IP and see if that allows you to download plugins.

When you report back, please provide the information requested https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/forum-guidelines.45124/

Also, note that Realtek NICs are known to be potentially problematical because of FreeBSD driver issues. This can be addressed later when you report your experiences.

And I second the Seymour Butt suggestion on primary DNS.

 

[grizmo]

I set it as a primary DNS. The results are the same. Able to ping but can't download plugins.

Is DCHP reservation considered as static?

My bad, I forgot to add my build.

My build
Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2390T CPU @ 2.70GHz (4 cores)
G.Skill 16G Ram DDR3 1600
128gb OCZ SSD (Boot / FreeNas root)
2x Ironwolf nas drive 4tb (Storage Mirror)


The network chip in mobo is Realtek RTL8111E.


Edited: forgot to include that my hdd and ssd uses sata.

Edited 2: I checked my router dchp reservation list. I see that freenas did build it, and it shows that my DCHP address is at #.#.0.4 - Transmission

Seems like it did build it, but it won't finalize what it was doing completely... I looked at the plugin-installed tab, and nothing was showing up...

 

[Redcoat]

What version of FreeNAS? If 11.2-U2.1 - give FreeNAS a static address and try the plugins.

 

[Redcoat]

If you have DNS entries (probably including 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) in your router you can do this:

I assign static IP's by MAC address in my router, all outside the DHCP range.

 

[grizmo]

I did exactly the way you did RedCoat applied it to my freenas computer.

Step 1: Build the freenas static IP address, and subnetmask in my router settings.
Step 2: Copy all of the primary DNS into the nameserver list (freenas network tab)
Step 3: Ping google for insurance (inbound and outbound traffic is A-okay!)
Step 4: Install the plugin.
Step 5: It failed.

I was thinking.... what if I manually put the ipv4 address (static) in the plugin settings before installation...

Step 1: Uncheck DHCP
Step 2: Choose interface - for me re0 (ethernet).
Step 3: Type IPv4 address: #.#.0.4 (for normal users, could be like 192.168.0.4)
Step 4: Choose subnetmask 32bit
Step 5: Install plugin

It was success! It finally installed onto my machine, and I can access to it. Whooo! After 8 hours of hard work in this network configuration. I learned a lot from this. Thank you so much!

Edited: Forgot to include one step, the ping...

 

[Redcoat]

Well, I'm glad it was a success. What plugin was it that you installed?

Many of us don't use plugins, but build an iocage jail and install from the port as it is easier to manage later

 

[grizmo]

Syncthing

I'll be messing around with it, and see how it goes.

I'm not fairly knowledgeable to install inside a custom build iocage jail. That will be my next task after I figure out how to make synthing work between my testing pc, and my nas server.

I plan to build a redundancy backups for multiple users. It should be a lot easier to manage than nfs-ssh-rsync with custom scripts.

Btw, if you do respond to this message, I cherry pop your 1000 messages. :P Congrats!

 

[Redcoat]

Oh, yes. So you do! 1k! Thx. I don't know anything about Syncthing.