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Kevin T. Neely
, Máirín
, Patrick Davila
, Mark Montgomery II
, ClaudioM
, Jeff Has Moved
@mairin @claudiom @gomerx @techiem2 @patdavila @bogart @sobotka I just wanted to thank you all again for your replies and help. All is well!
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New blog post: What scares people away from !Linux. I won't be swayed, but this #QNAP #NAS is definitely going back. | http://ur1.ca/wo9x
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@openattitude This looks like they're giving you support from China, which is probably where QNAP HQ is. Still epic #fail on their part.
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@openattitude If you can only connect to a NAS from a specific IP address, that's a bad product. It makes no sense. Not a !Linux problem.
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@openattitude @patdavila from !tllts podcast has a #QNAP NAS. Maybe you can ask him for some help?
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@nathwill @fukawi2 Thanks for offering to help. Maybe this will explain a bit better? http://ur1.ca/wo9x
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@openattitude Also, a 169.254 address means something's wrong w/ DHCP. That's the APIPA address given when a host can't grab an IP via DHCP.
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@claudiom Taiwan, actually -- but yes, they could really use some support staff in other time zones...
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@gomerx @openattitude for most network devices you just need to be on the same subnet as the device's address to do initial config !linux
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@openattitude True, but maybe they don't have the $$? I haven't heard of them until @patdavila mentioned getting one.
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@techiem2 Is there a good how-to for that?
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@mairin At this point I'm considering a !Drobo (the 2nd-gen one) as my computer has FireWire and I can hook up my storage directly to it.
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@techiem2 Wondering if a person instaling a NAS should be expected to reconfigure their IP. Seems like the NAS should get it's IP via DHCP
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@openattitude as root (or using sudo): ifconfig eth0 (or whatever interface) 192.168.100.1 (or other ip) - first 3 same as device, 4th diff
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@gomerx That is often the case - dhcp first then fallback to other, but he had it plugged directly into his machine, so no dhcp.
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@techiem2 Was that supposed to change my computer's IP? I tried it, but didn't get a result...
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@openattitude yes. run ifconfig as root (or sudo) to see current ip configuration
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@techiem2 Ok, looks like it took. Can I use that first command to change my IP to 169.254.100.99? Actually why don't I just try that ; )
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@techiem2 HAHAHAHAHAHA, I'm in! Now, who can teach me about NFS...?
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@openattitude http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO.html might help (mostly the client portion)
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@techiem2 I'll check it out. Thanks again : )
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@openattitude no prob.
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The latest on my #QNAP #NAS vs. !Linux: http://ur1.ca/wp7f -- FYI, @openattitude is the account for the blog. This is me the human. Hiya.
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@acurrie That address is incorrect. You might need to check your router's web interface to see what address the QNAP actually picked up.
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@acurrie As I explained in your other acct. & others have on the blog, when a device gets a 169.254.x.x addr., it didn't get an IP via DHCP.
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@acurrie At some point, I do recommend giving the QNAP a static address, otherwise you'll have problems when the IP lease from DHCP expires.
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@claudiom any recommendations for a static IP? My WiFi router is http://192.168.10.1/ and I'll be connecting a printer at some point.
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@claudiom Ethernet. Maybe I should use http://192.168.10.10?
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@acurrie U can use any IP addr. w/i your subnet for the device, just make sure u tell DHCP to exclude that addr (set DHCP range from .50 up)
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@acurrie This way, you have 192.168.10.x up to 49 available for static addressing.
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@claudiom Sorry, I don't know how to do this : (
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@acurrie What provides hosts on your network with IP addresses? NAS should be connected to this and setup to acquire IP address from DHCP
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@bogart Of course, I had to break it again so I immediately went back in to the admin and changed the IP back to dynamic. Was that bad...?
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@claudiom Just to follow up on this, NAS should use static IP over DHCP even when connected to a router? It is now and shows up via Samba.
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@acurrie Hmm. I think DHCP and then NFS mounting by name would be your best setup. I don't know how the !QNAP handles /etc/export tho
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@acurrie you can give the device a "static" IP either by creating a reservation, or entering the IP in manually on its config page
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@sobotka PS Thanks for not calling it "beginner networking" : ) It's been a hard day for me on reddit: http://ur1.ca/wqni
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@sobotka Oh I expected pain, just not a funeral pyre with redditors pissing on my burning corpse ; )
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@sobotka Oh sure, but it's all relative, right? My friends consider me a computer genius when clearly I'm not. I learn best by example.
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@sobotka My router can do static IPs: http://ur1.ca/wqqc but isn't set up for it right now. I updated my NAS to DHCP, which is (cont'd)
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@sobotka probably why I can't log in to the web admin. It's showing up as a SAMBA share, though -- you'd think that I could find out its IP.
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@acurrie look at your router's config page to see what IP it has assigned to the NAS. It should show currently connected clients
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@sobotka @ktneely and have it resolve to whatever (now that it's on my router) but it's not working, despite the visible SAMBA share. kooky.
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@bogart Oh wait, I see what you mean... #srynotpayingattentionhere
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@sobotka For serious? Thanks! I'll be fidolatry on the non-Jabber one : )
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@openattitude Glad to hear it. :-)
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@openattitude Did you get it working?
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@patdavila I did indeed. It was, as they say, a "pebkac" issue ; )
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@openattitude NM in Ubuntu would not let me change NETMASK value.Had to do it via ifconfig via CM.NAS is working great for week now
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