Hi All,
I have an EX4100 plugged directly into my second ethernet port on an Ubuntu server. Using the Network Connections GUI I set this second ethernet port to “Local-Link”. I can load the EX4100 dashboard but I am having problems setting a static IP. What values do I provide for the subnet mask, the gateway and the DNS? I tried setting the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0 and left the others blank. This did not work. The EX4100 remained stuck on DHCP.
Thanks!
That’s depend on your router setting. You can check your computer network setting for DHCP or your NAS DHCP then you would know your router setting for Subnet Mask, DNS and Gateway.
The NAS is plugged directly into the server, not a router. That is why I am asking this question.
ah. That may be the problem.
Is the server acting as a DCHP router, or is it merely a network resource?
The NAS itself wants to be a network resource (a file server); not an attached drive to a server. The NAS expects to be connected via ethernet to whatever is assigning IP addresses on the network.
I recommend setting the NAS to DHCP and calling it a day. I also recommend a fixed IP for the NAS - - -but that IP should be assigned by the router. (i.e. have the router assign the IP; not have the NAS demand an ip - - → That makes things cleaner if you put the NAS on a different network; you change routers or whatever)
Ah. So the answer is to assign a static IP from the server based on the MAC address of the NAS, and leave the NAS on DCHP?
Edit: Ah the joys of being assigned tasks far outside one’s area of expertise! So terribly relaxing…
Edit2: The NAS is plugged into the second ethernet port on the server, a port which has been set to “Local-Link”, whatever that means. That was google-fu. I am so obviously not a network person.
I am slightly confused here.
Is this a home or enterprise (business environment)? What is this server? Is this server acting as your system router? Or is it a file server or Media server?
In a home network; typically a router handles all the traffic on the network. A server would act as a file repository or a base from which to run applications such as PLEX (or other media application). OTher things servers can do is to host file sharing programs or to host a web page.
A NAS is basically a low powered server that primarily acts as a file server. Fancier NAS users will act as a media server; using data stored on the drive as the files it streams.
It SOUNDS like you are hooking the NAS up to an existing server. . .kind of like a USB hard drive. That is not the intent. The intent is to have the NAS independently attached to the system router; such that EVERY DEVICE on the network can access the file on the NAS; not just the server.
Trust me. I may not know what I am doing but I know it can be done because I know people who have done so, they simply aren’t available to help me.
