Snake3y3s
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Hi All
Let me start by saying I am EXTREMELY green when it comes to FreeBSD and FreeNAS, I have maintained a FreeNAS server before, but not from installation, was a pre-built and setup system. I know a few Linux commands, but there too my knowledge is a bit lacking.
I bought a second hand HP Proliant N36L Microserver, and was told that the onboard NIC was dead, the previous owner had FreeNAS running fine on the box (according to him) about 2 years ago. He bought a TP link NIC (TG-3468) which as far as I understand runs on the Realtek driver/chipset.
So I have gone and installed 5x 3TB WD reds into the system with a Jetflash Transcend USB 4GB for the OS (FreeNAS) and have done all the BIOS mods/updates to get the ports running on full speed.
I did a fresh installation of FreeNAS 11 onto the USB and it starts up fine and detects everything (including the installed Ethernet NIC and the onboard one (i think only its port is dead)) but i cant seem to get a UP status on any of the network ports.
The TP-link NIC has its lights on and network cable plugged into it, but as soon as I try and assign it a IP on the menu the lights turn off.
I can't ping or see the NAS on the network at all.
I'm guessing that installing the drivers will work, but as I stated before, I'm very green to compiling and installing drivers onto a FreeBSD/FreeNAS system.
I have the 1.93 drivers off the Realtek page, but not sure what steps to take next.
Is there anyone that can help me get this system up and running...
Thank you
Let me start by saying I am EXTREMELY green when it comes to FreeBSD and FreeNAS, I have maintained a FreeNAS server before, but not from installation, was a pre-built and setup system. I know a few Linux commands, but there too my knowledge is a bit lacking.
I bought a second hand HP Proliant N36L Microserver, and was told that the onboard NIC was dead, the previous owner had FreeNAS running fine on the box (according to him) about 2 years ago. He bought a TP link NIC (TG-3468) which as far as I understand runs on the Realtek driver/chipset.
So I have gone and installed 5x 3TB WD reds into the system with a Jetflash Transcend USB 4GB for the OS (FreeNAS) and have done all the BIOS mods/updates to get the ports running on full speed.
I did a fresh installation of FreeNAS 11 onto the USB and it starts up fine and detects everything (including the installed Ethernet NIC and the onboard one (i think only its port is dead)) but i cant seem to get a UP status on any of the network ports.
The TP-link NIC has its lights on and network cable plugged into it, but as soon as I try and assign it a IP on the menu the lights turn off.
I can't ping or see the NAS on the network at all.
I'm guessing that installing the drivers will work, but as I stated before, I'm very green to compiling and installing drivers onto a FreeBSD/FreeNAS system.
I have the 1.93 drivers off the Realtek page, but not sure what steps to take next.
Is there anyone that can help me get this system up and running...
Thank you
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