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ReadyNas 4200 V2 - Additional NIC for out-of-band management
Dear all, I know the subject has been discussed many times, but I haven't been able to find a 100% suitable answer: I have a RN 4200 V2 (two PCIe-Slots (one x8, one x16) and one PCI-Slot) that i...
FrontView was never designed to handle more than four NICs. You can try adding one, but the GUI may go weird on you. Should be able to set it up via console/shell if anything though. You would have to modify /etc/network/interfaces, duplicate one of the other lines to give eth4 dhcp/static setup.
The v1 and v2 are different motherboards, so PCIe slots are most likely a different setup.
If you stick with an Intel chipset, it should detect out of the box. Using other chipsets or USB, you will need to compile kernel drivers. I added a USB NIC long ago once for fun/testing, you can see what I did here: viewtopic.php?p=176647#p176647
The v1 and v2 are different motherboards, so PCIe slots are most likely a different setup.
If you stick with an Intel chipset, it should detect out of the box. Using other chipsets or USB, you will need to compile kernel drivers. I added a USB NIC long ago once for fun/testing, you can see what I did here: viewtopic.php?p=176647#p176647
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