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Multiple IP Addresses
Hello community,
I've been using a ReadyNAS Pro 6 for a very very long time and over the years not really bothered much with it's configuration as it was mainly used as a storage dump however unless I am mistaken it still lacks the basic ability to add multiple IP Addresses to the same interface whether that be eth0 / etho1 or even a bonded interface. Why?
Only having the ability to assign a single local IP to a storage device is something you did a decade ago, keeping with current times, we should have the ability to assign any number of IPs to any number of interfaces.
Am I just being synical or is there a reason for not having this ability in the web interface?
(This topic may have been touched upon in the past)
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Hi Immyb,
ReadyNAS Pro6 is running 4.x FW, don't support VLAN, so don't support Multiple IP Addresses,
FW 6.6.0 added VLAN, It support Multiple IP Addresses on a same interface.
Note: FW 6.6.0 doesn't support ReadyNAS Pro6.
Thanks guys, I've already installed 6.6.1 however the VLANs don't work.
You can add an interface via web browser however it just doesn't configure correctly for whatever reason below is an example of the entry made to /etc/network/interfaces
iface eth0.1 inet manual
vlan-raw-device eth0This is the only entry in the file once i've added a vlan to interface eth0 with ID 1, I specified a static IP of 10.0.0.185, netmask of 255.255.255.0 and router as 10.0.0.100 however it's not pingable or accessible from outside of the NAS, within the NAS it pings fine.
below is the output from ifconfig:
eth0.1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:33:ea:7b:b9
inet addr:10.0.0.185 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:23232 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:3390940 (3.2 MiB)i'm sure the broadcast is incorrect and should be the IP of the router which is 10.0.0.100 but for some reason it always defaults to 10.0.0.255 regardless of my entry in the web browser.
On a side note, where exactly is the network configuration kept, there must be a file somewhere that I can edit to fix this?
ImmyB wrote:
Thanks guys, I've already installed 6.6.1 however the VLANs don't work.
You can add an interface via web browser however it just doesn't configure correctly for whatever reason below is an example of the entry made to /etc/network/interfaces
Is the switch also configured for the new VLAN?
If anyone was wondering you can 'manually' add as many IPs as you want, however they only remain accessible until the server/nas is rebooted at which point they get removed and you have to re-enter the command. I'm sure a script could be made to do this on boot but I'm not sure which files are executed on boot, unless someone can point me in the right direction, thanks.
Hi ImmyB,
Did you set VLAN on switch?
Please note: VNIC can't be in the same subnet as the Physical Ethernet Interface.
In switch, all ports have default PVID,
if create VLAN on switch, VLAN ID should be different from PVID,
In NAS, Phyiscal Ethernet interface and VNIC use same MAC, if PVID and VLAN ID are same, Physical Ethernet interface and VNIC will get same IP address.
for example: Default PVID is 1, VLAN ID can't be set to 1,
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