What is the domain value?

[nickc1964]

I recently changed my ISP and I've noticed that my 2 x FreeNAS systems can no longer send emails or get updates. So I believe that I need to replace the IP address of my old broadband router with the address of the new one in Network -> Global Configuration -> IPv4 Default Gateway and Network -> Global Configuration -> Nameserver 1.

But when I do that the GUI stops me saying that the value of "local" in the Domain field is not a valid value.

I haven't specified this value - do I need one? If so what should it be, or how do I change the IP address from my old router?

 

[Redcoat]

Yes, you need one - use the same IP address as your gateway (often 192.168.1.1 for example).

 

[nickc1964]

For the "domain" value? It's currently set to "local"

 

[Redcoat]

Oh - I misunderstood the issue first time through - got it now, though. But I have no idea what the issue might be.

I hope someone with more insight will be able to help you.

 

[Alecmascot]

Has your router changed its IP then ? If so then you should update those fields.
I set my domain to "home" as there is not one.
I just tried it in 12Beta2 and "local" works
What release are you using ?

 

[no_connection]

Can you post a screenshot of the configuration page?

 

[Yorick]

Extremely easy setup would be

Hostname: freenas
Domain: home.local
Nameserver 1: 1.1.1.1
Nameserver 2: 1.0.0.1
Default gateway: Your router's IP, on the same subnet as FreeNAS
And Save

This would use CloudFlare's name servers, and here's why you may want to: https://1.1.1.1/dns/

 

[nickc1964]

So this is the old values

And I need to change the IP from 192.168.1.254 to 192.168.1.1, but this is what I get:

I'm running 11.2-U5

 

[Redcoat]

Interesting - that saves fine for me on 11.3-U4.1

 

[Yorick]

Is it complaining about your host name? What if that’s freenasb without the underscore?

 

[nickc1964]

Is it complaining about your host name? What if that’s freenasb without the underscore?

Well spotted - despite it having that value for ever - removing the underscore appears to have worked

 

[nickc1964]

Email alerts are now working, it's found some updates to apply and my cloud sync is working again

 

[sretalla]

Well spotted - despite it having that value for ever - removing the underscore appears to have worked

Perhaps the old versions were converting underscores to dashes automatically... DNS names can have dashes, but not underscores.