Hi everyone,
I'm hoping someone can help me out. I'm new to FreeNAS and whilst being a newbie to networking I'm no idiot. I'm hoping a pointer here will help me out.
So I set up an old Dell optiplex with a 1TB HDD and FreeNAS. Initially really as a plex player and storage source for our smart TV but then I've started to look at using it to backup photos, videos etc from my Android device removing the need for Google backups.
I have looked for a couple of days around google and the forum and I'm stuck.
System Specs:
FreeNAS-11.2-U3
Dell Optiplex 780
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 cores)
8GB RAM
1TB Toshiba HDD
(anything else needed let me know)
So I installed FreeNAS without too much issue and installed the plex plugin, got that working, then installed the NextCloud plugin. At this point I figured I needed to move from DHCP to static IP allowing me to access the network from outside of the home.
I ran into trouble trying to change the plugins jail access from DHCP to static IP. When I removed the autoconfigure for IPv4 and set a static IP. The plugins confirmed the connection but I couldn't access the mangement console for either plugin through the GUI. I then tried to move back to DHCP connection. It was then when I was trying to find the new IP address I discovered that I couldn't ping the server using the hostname. The IP address responds when pinged, but it will not respond when the hostname is pinged. I also lost access to the shared drive I has setup with my windows laptop so I now can't move files to the server.
I have read a lot on the forums from people with similar issues and tried to resolve this myself to no avail. I ended up doing an update install from the FreeNAS install USB after saving my config file as I read this may sort out the issue as a last resort. But no, after the update the same issues, still can't ping the hostname and still can't access any shared drives (even after trying to setup a new shared drive unrelated to plex). When trying to connect to the shared drive windows tells me that the "network device is refusing the connection".
I would really appreciate any suggestions otherwise I will wipe the HDD completely and start again. I'd rather not do this as it would mean re-downloading all the media currently stored as I don't have enough spare storage to back it up before a clean install.
Thanks!
I'm hoping someone can help me out. I'm new to FreeNAS and whilst being a newbie to networking I'm no idiot. I'm hoping a pointer here will help me out.
So I set up an old Dell optiplex with a 1TB HDD and FreeNAS. Initially really as a plex player and storage source for our smart TV but then I've started to look at using it to backup photos, videos etc from my Android device removing the need for Google backups.
I have looked for a couple of days around google and the forum and I'm stuck.
System Specs:
FreeNAS-11.2-U3
Dell Optiplex 780
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 cores)
8GB RAM
1TB Toshiba HDD
(anything else needed let me know)
So I installed FreeNAS without too much issue and installed the plex plugin, got that working, then installed the NextCloud plugin. At this point I figured I needed to move from DHCP to static IP allowing me to access the network from outside of the home.
I ran into trouble trying to change the plugins jail access from DHCP to static IP. When I removed the autoconfigure for IPv4 and set a static IP. The plugins confirmed the connection but I couldn't access the mangement console for either plugin through the GUI. I then tried to move back to DHCP connection. It was then when I was trying to find the new IP address I discovered that I couldn't ping the server using the hostname. The IP address responds when pinged, but it will not respond when the hostname is pinged. I also lost access to the shared drive I has setup with my windows laptop so I now can't move files to the server.
I have read a lot on the forums from people with similar issues and tried to resolve this myself to no avail. I ended up doing an update install from the FreeNAS install USB after saving my config file as I read this may sort out the issue as a last resort. But no, after the update the same issues, still can't ping the hostname and still can't access any shared drives (even after trying to setup a new shared drive unrelated to plex). When trying to connect to the shared drive windows tells me that the "network device is refusing the connection".
I would really appreciate any suggestions otherwise I will wipe the HDD completely and start again. I'd rather not do this as it would mean re-downloading all the media currently stored as I don't have enough spare storage to back it up before a clean install.
Thanks!
