From what I have read here I suspect the problem lies with the NIC on my machine but thought I would ask before I do anything else.
This is my first dabble with FreeNAS so I know very little and it is just a project with a spare PC I have that I thought I would use for data back up.
I have created the boot on a 16Gb memory stick and the system loads to Console but when it first loads there is no IP address, just 0.0.0.0
So I then used Option 1 to set up a static IP address of 192.168.1.108 which now shows on Console and I set a static address on my router.
With FreeNAS running sometimes I can see 192.168.1.108 using ipconfig on a second PC, sometimes the router has it as an active device and sometimes I can take option 8. Shell and ping 192.168.1.1 although this is ultra slow returning 64bytes from 192.168.1.1 icmp_seq_62 ttl=64 time 2.094ms.
BUT most times I cannot see the FreeNAS IP address, the router doesn't see it and I can't ping it and this can change without making any changes or rebooting either machine.
I still have Windows 10 working on the same PC with running I can see the NIC from another PC, ping it and copy files etc so I know that the hardware, router etc are working correctly.
As I say at the top I suspect this is a FreeNAS driver / NIC issue but it would be good to know if this is correct or not before trying anything else
This is my first dabble with FreeNAS so I know very little and it is just a project with a spare PC I have that I thought I would use for data back up.
I have created the boot on a 16Gb memory stick and the system loads to Console but when it first loads there is no IP address, just 0.0.0.0
So I then used Option 1 to set up a static IP address of 192.168.1.108 which now shows on Console and I set a static address on my router.
With FreeNAS running sometimes I can see 192.168.1.108 using ipconfig on a second PC, sometimes the router has it as an active device and sometimes I can take option 8. Shell and ping 192.168.1.1 although this is ultra slow returning 64bytes from 192.168.1.1 icmp_seq_62 ttl=64 time 2.094ms.
BUT most times I cannot see the FreeNAS IP address, the router doesn't see it and I can't ping it and this can change without making any changes or rebooting either machine.
I still have Windows 10 working on the same PC with running I can see the NIC from another PC, ping it and copy files etc so I know that the hardware, router etc are working correctly.
As I say at the top I suspect this is a FreeNAS driver / NIC issue but it would be good to know if this is correct or not before trying anything else