Michael Campbell
Cadet
- Joined
- Feb 9, 2016
- Messages
- 4
Hello friends - FreeNAS 9.3.1 on a Dell PowerEdge T100, Netgear FVS series router. I have a NAS4FREE set that I have been running for years, but want to replace it with a FreeNAS box.
I've diagnosed my problem to a routing issue; symptoms are:
- from SSH and the console, I can ping machines within the LAN, but I can't ping outside the LAN.
- NTP service can't find time servers - host names xxx.ntp.org can't be found.
- Email can't be sent; host not found
- FreeNAS updates failing
- Plugin list won't show; refresh ends with "syntax error" or "No entry has been found"
What I've done:
- Initial setup (before I had the problem diagnosed) - installed FreeNAS, set up zvol, set up CIFS share, transferred files to the share, all with no issues. Observing the console, I noticed that NTP wasn't finding the servers, so I changed the servers to other known servers, same issue. I tried to set up email, and the test email failed. I suspected bad nameservers, so I changed the nameservers from 75.75.75.75/75.75.76.76 to 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4 as suggested in this forum, no change. I logged in via SSH and tried pinging (both names - google.com - and addresses). Was able to ping within the segment (10.0.1.x) but not outside (10.0.0.x, 8.8.8.8, etc). I made many changes and lost track of what I'd done (changed resolv.conf, changed rc.conf, etc), so...
- Reinstalled FreeNAS and started a log of changes and discovery (attached). Current state, resolv.conf, netstat report, etc can be found there
- I've searched the forums extensively (including a hand-over-hand of the Networking thread), and tried the remedies for similar problems.
My setup and relevant info:
- FreeNAS (10.0.1.11) by itself on a Dell PowerEdge T100. FreeNAS installed on a 500G hard drive, with a 9T zvol, CIFS with one share which works fine. I have no jails set up at this time (it's basically a fresh install with minor changes noted in the attached trouble log).
- Nas4Free server (10.0.1.8) with years of history; will be a backup volume for FreeNAS once established (it's slow and old, and typically runs at about a 40% CPU capacity constantly).
- Several Windows and Ubuntu machines with various purposes (MythTV server, Plex server, HDHomeRun server, movies, music, etc). All play well together.
- Netgear FVS318G router (10.0.1.1) / firewall, with port forwarding
- Motorola Cable Modem (10.0.0.1) forwarding all ports to router (not in the DMZ, but all ports are forwarded, so basically in the DMZ).
- It's a residential setup, so there is no time or mission critical needs (other than my need to itch my computer enthusiast scratch).
- There is no Active Directory in play. DHCP provided by the router, and reservations are made at router for all devices on network. DHCP range is small (10.0.1.200-10.0.1.220), and devices are manually assigned addresses below 10.0.1.180 once I see them in the DHCP range.
- A wireless access point bridges to the network. All devices mentioned above are hardwired, but this bridge is in play.
- There is no DNS in the network; all DNS is via gateway to the aforementioned nameservers.
- All devices ping and access the Internet without issue; FreeNAS is the only one with an issue.
- I am fluent in Windows, competent at Ubuntu/Linux, and new at the CLI with FreeBSD. I have extensive user interface familiarity with Nas4Free, but very little CLI experience (since I haven't needed it until now).
Any assistance or guidance will be appreciated.
Cheers, Mike.
I've diagnosed my problem to a routing issue; symptoms are:
- from SSH and the console, I can ping machines within the LAN, but I can't ping outside the LAN.
- NTP service can't find time servers - host names xxx.ntp.org can't be found.
- Email can't be sent; host not found
- FreeNAS updates failing
- Plugin list won't show; refresh ends with "syntax error" or "No entry has been found"
What I've done:
- Initial setup (before I had the problem diagnosed) - installed FreeNAS, set up zvol, set up CIFS share, transferred files to the share, all with no issues. Observing the console, I noticed that NTP wasn't finding the servers, so I changed the servers to other known servers, same issue. I tried to set up email, and the test email failed. I suspected bad nameservers, so I changed the nameservers from 75.75.75.75/75.75.76.76 to 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4 as suggested in this forum, no change. I logged in via SSH and tried pinging (both names - google.com - and addresses). Was able to ping within the segment (10.0.1.x) but not outside (10.0.0.x, 8.8.8.8, etc). I made many changes and lost track of what I'd done (changed resolv.conf, changed rc.conf, etc), so...
- Reinstalled FreeNAS and started a log of changes and discovery (attached). Current state, resolv.conf, netstat report, etc can be found there
- I've searched the forums extensively (including a hand-over-hand of the Networking thread), and tried the remedies for similar problems.
My setup and relevant info:
- FreeNAS (10.0.1.11) by itself on a Dell PowerEdge T100. FreeNAS installed on a 500G hard drive, with a 9T zvol, CIFS with one share which works fine. I have no jails set up at this time (it's basically a fresh install with minor changes noted in the attached trouble log).
- Nas4Free server (10.0.1.8) with years of history; will be a backup volume for FreeNAS once established (it's slow and old, and typically runs at about a 40% CPU capacity constantly).
- Several Windows and Ubuntu machines with various purposes (MythTV server, Plex server, HDHomeRun server, movies, music, etc). All play well together.
- Netgear FVS318G router (10.0.1.1) / firewall, with port forwarding
- Motorola Cable Modem (10.0.0.1) forwarding all ports to router (not in the DMZ, but all ports are forwarded, so basically in the DMZ).
- It's a residential setup, so there is no time or mission critical needs (other than my need to itch my computer enthusiast scratch).
- There is no Active Directory in play. DHCP provided by the router, and reservations are made at router for all devices on network. DHCP range is small (10.0.1.200-10.0.1.220), and devices are manually assigned addresses below 10.0.1.180 once I see them in the DHCP range.
- A wireless access point bridges to the network. All devices mentioned above are hardwired, but this bridge is in play.
- There is no DNS in the network; all DNS is via gateway to the aforementioned nameservers.
- All devices ping and access the Internet without issue; FreeNAS is the only one with an issue.
- I am fluent in Windows, competent at Ubuntu/Linux, and new at the CLI with FreeBSD. I have extensive user interface familiarity with Nas4Free, but very little CLI experience (since I haven't needed it until now).
Any assistance or guidance will be appreciated.
Cheers, Mike.