TrueNAS - How to Set Up a Static IP Address

[@jordanstambaugh2027]

My interface is different...selecting 1 goes into a blue screen with the network interface, but i don't have the options to set a static IP from there. Ideas?

[@mintymus]

This is helpful, thanks! Out of curiosity, especially for a NAS with multiple computers needing to connect to one address, why would anyone ever want DHCP as default for Truenas?

[@pitspeedtv]

I can think of many reasons. Here are a couple obvious ones: 1) Your TrueNAS box is usually (should never) be used as a firewall, router, or NAT server. 2) As per #1, you would simply assign the TrueNAS box a “static DHCP Address” on the firewall/router/NAT Server. 3) As per #2, you would simply forward only the WAN ports needed by the TrueNAS Box, and refuse all others on the firewall/router/NAT Server. 4) As per #3, you would eliminate LAN authentication bloat, without sacrificing WAN security. I am oversimplifying this to the Nth degree, but; Flexibility Scaleability Portability Security and pure real-world deployment numbers (outside of a virtual home lab) Would be my first couple of guesses. But as always, there are exceptions. (My to the point style of writing is sometimes misinterpreted as snarky. No snark felt or intended)

[@AdiosomatikA]

Thanks for the video it really saved the day!!

[@TrueNAS]

Glad it helped!

[@eulersson]

Hello, thanks for creating such high quality content! I always thought static IPs would need to be set up on the router side, and not on the hosts. I had three points I wanted check if they were correct. 1. That IP would be ideally static for as long as that machine is running. Is it true? 2. If I turn off the machine with TrueNAS, and start connecting other devices in my network there could be a chance that static IP I specified gets used by another device since the router is unaware of it. Is it true? 3. What kind of collisions could happen, shouldn't I better configure this at router level? Or should I have to configure router-level and host-level too. Thanks a lot! :D

[@TrueNAS]

Hi Ramon, This is a great question for our forums! Please create a post over there as it is difficult to help over the comments section. The questions you're asking are a bit more complicated to answer than with just a "true" or "false". www.truenas.com/community

[@richiestombaugh114]

Yes there could be some collisions, however when you login to your router you should be able to adjust what the "DHCP Range" is. You typically want this several addresses away from the beginning of the subnet. So for example it would 192.168.0.11-192.168.0.254. This allows you to statically assign things in the 192.168.0.1-192.168.0.10 range. The router will never assign anything with an IP Address of 192.168.0.1-192.168.0.10. I hope this helps!

[@AceBoy2099]

You could set up the static ip on the router side, you just need to find the mac address for each port to assign it and IP on the router. Should work the same as long as the router doesn't bug out. What I'm not sure of is would it hurt anything to do static in both spots, router and on device (as long as it's not mismatched)?!

[@richiestombaugh114]

@@AceBoy2099 No that would not cause any issues, as long as they match.

[@benzhere]

Hey, I was wondering, now that I have disabled DHCP, I can no longer check for updates through truenas, or access plugins. Is there something I did to make it do this? I saw a comment in one of your forums stating: "I had this problem. I tried to ping from command line without success. Then remembered I changed network access from DHCP to static... but forgot to give it the DNS servers & gateway. I added that to configuration and now works :)" I have no idea how to give the NAS the DNS servers or gateway. Truly feel like I'm out of options.

[@osdmontu]

And finally how did you manage to add the DNS and gateway manually?

[@TrueNAS]

Check out this video, Ben! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4vadaGYrqlqsNk

[@ktl8818]

@@osdmontu Go to CLI or Shell select number 6 for Configure DNS. DNS1 is your router gateway. DNS2 and DNS3 from ISP.

[@gagetsu]

@@ktl8818 more details pls i am noob with nas

[@gagetsu]

@@ktl8818 Unable to connect to url update-master.ixsystems.com/TrueNAS/trains.txt: Automatic update check failed. Please check system network settings.

[@PatrickPecoraro]

On the R20 system am I correct in assuming that the ethernet port is only usable to out of band use? I've been trying to connect to the system and am unable to do so. We don't currently have it connected to the SFP+ ports as we are waiting on hardware to arrive.

[@TrueNAS]

You are correct! RJ45 is only for ipmi/bmc access(i.e. outband). If you have further questions with your TrueNAS R20 please reach out to our awesome support team! www.truenas.com/docs/core/system/support/

[@anshul-joshi]

I have a general question as I am a beginner setting up NAS, my question is if this process is for Setting Up a Static IP Address will it be available outside of my home network like can I access this NAS server via mobile internet?

[@maxwellrothschild3892]

SOOOO WELL DONE! thank you!

[@TrueNAS]

Glad you liked it!

[@sfertman]

How do I do this in TrueNAS 23; the UI is completely different and I cannot access the web UI without networking setup. And I cannot set up the networking without the web UI. See the conundrum here?

[@CaptZenPetabyte]

Any idea how to manually set up a usb wifi as the server doesnt have an IP until that works. Selection #1 & #2? How to?

[@trinhle4041]

Hello, I currently installed truenas core. But there is problem that it showed me network interface can’t be found. It didn’t show the ip. Im a newbie. Just don’t know how can I solve the problem or reinstall the truenas

[@GameOverAus]

I did all that but in my case i have on each PC an onboard 1Gbe intel nic which is used purely to connect to the internet through a router and a Marvell 10Gbe PCIE card in each for PC-PC activity. Now i've set the IP on the 10Gbe NIC on each PC one of which is WIndows based and i can login on the windows pc through that IP address to get the gui. BUT if i unplug the intel nic which i dont need on the TrueNas machine at all i lose access to it completely. So can't connect purely through the 10Gbe card. If i leave the Intel plugged in and the 10Gbe plugged in i can do file transfer but it uses the 1Gbe not the 10Gbe card. Driving me nuts.

[@sebastiantorrado2851]

Hello, greetings to all I would like to check if I can install my private security camera service in my truenas to avoid buying a DVR ?

[@wyattvanloon6094]

After following these settings truenas can no longer connect to the update server. Only connects to update server with dhcp. How to fix that?

[@Tarpon65]

Great help

[@bdmotiontech]

After port-forwarding from router, is there anything to do in TrueNas to make is public file sharing server over internet?

[@ryanstone6495]

don't do that

[@iulian.m.]

i used this exact settings but i can't seem to install any plugin...they go ti 20% and then crush

[@arc8218]

does truenas support local network ?

[@LukiferX]

Being a Synology user, I naturally tried Xpenology but wouldn't run on my poweredge servers. So went for TrueNAS and so far it's not bad.. But whose stupid idea was it to make it DHCP in the first place?? You NEVER have dynamic IP's on server, so I have no idea what their logic is behind it. I hate that going to change the IP just adds an alias. I have followed the same steps but don't get same prompts, sick of DHCP lol, sure I can log on to my ISR and lock to MAC but still, I want to meet the guy who said "make it dynamic" so can tell him he's an idiot lol.

[@JudsonBorges]

Hello, the FreeNAS not accept multiple nics on the same subnet?

[@TrueNAS]

Hi there Judson, Check out this post from a Community member about this subject matter. www.truenas.com/community/threads/multiple-network-interfaces-on-a-single-subnet.20204/

[@sunjeenling7850]

what if i have own gateway and DNS to be set?

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Great video :) Thank you for sharing it with us!💖👌👍😎JP

[@TrueNAS]

Thanks for watching!

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

@@TrueNAS Your very welcome :) Have a great week!😎

[@dohyea6093]

logged in as root /etc/netcli no such file or command

[@Nicksonbd]

Well how to configure a Real ip for truenas for to access the truenas server from anywhere

[@TrueNAS]

Hi Mahmudun, Please check out this thread: www.truenas.com/community/threads/how-to-make-server-accessible-outside-home-network.73111/

[@retro_pollo998]

I did this and now my plex doesnt show any movies of shows

[@gagetsu]

Hi i follow your video , now works fine with my ip static -> but i cant conect to the server of Truenas :/9

[@gagetsu]

i need help my BOSS

[@TrueNAS]

Can you create a post on our forums site? Please include as much details and info (such as steps you took) in your post. www.truenas.com/community

[@blackdragon6877]

if your talking about connecting to the storage u have to configure this first like creating a pool, accounts and smb shares

[@ericneo2]

I wish they hadn't taken away the option to set a static IP.

[@marcandruu]

Oh, what's the new way to do this then?

[@ericneo2]

@@marcandruu There is no new way. You have to delete the TrueNAS and Linux network adaptors and then recreate them for inheritance to carry the static IP through the stack. It truly boggles my mind why they took the ability to change your network settings and ip out of the GUI. Even their out of date documentation shows it's still there in the GUI.

[@nemo9463]

no download

[@TrueNAS]

No download?

[@osdmontu]

It is because when making this configuration, the gateway is missing, without a gateway there is no Internet connection.