Unraid server web GUI access (with no switch)

[P195]

I changed my naming from before. My LAN is now set to Bridge0 (now named LAN Bridge). The new assignment (igc3 - the one that was unassigned after step 3) is OPT3 (now named W11).

[Patrick M. Hausen]

I don't get it. Your IP address assignment, DHCP configuration, and firewall rules must be applied to the interface name that is assigned to bridge0. There must be no configuration whatsoever on the member interfaces. And then with the two tunables in place it should "just work".

[EricPerl]

@P195, maybe you missed a save or an apply somewhere...

Any of the interfaces that should be connected to the bridge should get you physical connectivity.
If the managing PC is connected to any of these interfaces, you should see network activity (blinking ports).
If you don't see any lights, I suspect that the corresponding interface/device is not enabled.
With blinking lights, if you don't get an IP automatically, set a static one on the PC in 49 range.

Get back in OPN GUI:
In assignments, I suspect you have an unassigned igc1 device.
Assign W11 to it and make sure it's included in the bridge.
Also, ISC DHCP should still have a section for the LAN interface for that 49 network.

[EricPerl]

Actually, the state you describe at the end of reply #13 is very consistent with the expected state after Step 3 of the guide.
During step 3, connectivity is lost because the original LAN device is now orphaned.

That's why there's this in the guide:
At this point you will need to swap your LAN cable from the existing LAN connection to one of the NICs that were added to the bridge interface, once connected then you must wait, it can take some time for the interface to come back up but keep refreshing the web interface until it does.

Double-check the state of everything from step 4 forward.
At the end of the guide, you can swap back to that original NIC if you'd like.

[P195]

Ok I've got it to work now.

I'm sure I followed all the same steps as before, but I obviously missed something. I think it was possibly because I forgot to enable the igc1 assignment as you suggested.

In the console I now see:

LAN Bridge (bridge0)  ->  v4:  192.168.49.1
Mint (igc3)                 ->
Unraid (igc2)              ->
W11 (igc1)                 ->
WAN (igc0)                 -> v4/DHCP4:  192.168.1.207/24

Also In Services > ISC DHCP > leases I see three leases for W11 / Mint / Unraid.

When typing http://tower.local in the address bar as suggested in the unraid documentation it wont resolve, but if I type the DHCP lease IP address in the address bar it does.

So it looks the bridge is now working as expected.

I got there in the end and I appreciate your support!

I've got a switch coming in the next week or so, so this will probably be irrelevant and I expect I'll have new challenges getting that configuration working too! Nevertheless, it's all good exposure and learning. At least now I can have a play with the Unraid GUI.

P195 

[EricPerl]

yeah!

A switch, especially unmanaged, is very simple. It just allows you to expand your physical network.
One port goes to OPN, and I'd suggest plugging all 3 devices directly into the switch, leaving OPN out of the loop for most intranet traffic... They will keep their IP addresses.