no network connection

[nixIT]

Good morning all.

New to the forums, and new to building my own NAS, so it's quite exciting. I'm trying to decide NAS4Free or FreeNAS. I downloaded both yesterday, installed FreeNAS with no problems, and was able to connect to the web interface from another computer.

I then installed NAS4Free (embedded version 9.3.x) on a USB Stick and booted. However, NAS4Free doesn't see my network card. From the Console Menu, I select Configure Network Interfaces, and all it shows is "auto-detection". I follow the steps, but it tells me that there is no network connection.

Is it safe to assume that if FreeNAS can see and use the network card that NAS4Free can as well?

I'm not sure how to view my network interfaces to list more information here. How can I determine my network interfaces?

any and all help is appreciated as I'm looking forward to give NAS4Free a test run.

thanx

EDIT: When I perform a dmesg |grep Network I don't get anything returned, however, if I boot to a linux Mint (default testing distro) liveCD and perform that statement, I get back data for my network adapter. Adapter is "alx" from Atheros. It was a long day yesterday, but I thought I entered a similar dmesg command from the shell in NAS4Free that returned information about my NIC.

--nixIT

[raulfg3]

please post info abot your MOBO and NIC, and try latest N4F 10.x that have the same drivers than actually have FreeNAS.

[nixIT]

Thanx, I tried the latest N4F 10.x and that had the same issue, no network. It appears that the Atheros NIC is flakey under FreeBSD. May have to suck up the ~$40 for an intel card.

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ASRock
Model
FM2A88M Extreme4+

Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type
FM2+ / FM2
CPU Type
Athlon/A- Series (FM2+)

Chipsets
Chipset
AMD A88X (Bolton D4)

Memory
Number of Memory Slots
4×240pin
Memory Standard
DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066
Maximum Memory Supported
64GB
Channel Supported
Dual Channel

Expansion Slots
PCI Express 3.0 x16
1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16
PCI Express 2.0 x16
1 (@ x4 mode)
PCI Express x1
1 x PCI Express x1
PCI Slots
1 x PCI Slot

Storage Devices
SATA 6Gb/s
8 x SATA 6Gb/s
SATA RAID
0/1/5/10

Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset
Integrated AMD Radeon R7/R5 Series Graphics in A-series APU

Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset
Realtek ALC892
Audio Channels
7.1 Channels

Onboard LAN
LAN Chipset
Qualcomm Atheros AR8171
Max LAN Speed
10/100/1000Mbps

Rear Panel Ports
PS/2
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
Video Ports
1 x D-Sub 
1 x DVI-D
HDMI
1 x HDMI
USB 3.0
2 x USB 3.0
USB 1.1/2.0
4 x USB 2.0
S/PDIF Out
1 x Optical
Audio Ports
5 Ports

Internal I/O Connectors
Onboard USB
2 x USB 3.0 + 6 x USB 2.0
Other Connectors
1 x IR Header
1 x Print Port Header
1 x COM Port Header
1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
1 x TPM Header
1 x Power LED Header
2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)
1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin)
1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector
1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

[daoyama]

According to history, your device is supported in STABLE. So 10.2 should include it.
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=rev ... ion=273366

[nixIT]

@daoyama,
Thanks, that's what I thought, but it won't recognize network. I'm going to burn 10.1.0.2.1557 embedded to a USB stick and try that.

--nixIT

[nixIT]

@daoyama,

I have 10.1.x booted up, and when I go into Configure Network Interfaces from Console Menu, the only option I have is "Auto". When I go through those steps, I get a message "No Link-up detected".

ifconfig -a returns "lo0" interface.

dmesg | grep -i network

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WARNING: VIMAGE (virtualized network stack) is a highly experimental feature.
pci3: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)

any ideas why the latest isn't seeing my nic, even though it's listed on FreeBSD as being supported?

--nixIT