I need help I installed a new NIC and now I cant get it up

[Bizquick]

I had my new box up and running but I added a new 2 port Intel NIC and now I cant get networking up at all on any interfaces. I created a LAG for the NIC and I disabled the onboard NIC. Anyway now I can get any networking to work at all. Is there something I can do from Shell to like clear any Network Interfaces and get rebuild or something?

 

[Samuel Tai]

The console menu allows you to reset the configuration to factory defaults via option 8.

 

[Bizquick]

will that reset all my config. cause I havent backed it up yet and I didnt want to redo my VM's and everything

 

[Samuel Tai]

Unfortunately, yes. You can also try option 1 to try to redo your networking.

 

[Bizquick]

I did but it only gives me the Lagg interface that I tried to create. I tried to delete that in both option 1 and option 2. but it gives a weird message in option 2 IndexError List index out of range.
I mean I'm tempted to see if maybe I can just create another Lagg and see if that will work. I just need the interfaces to appear or something. If I enable the on board Nic and take the new ones out nothing works

 

[Samuel Tai]

OK, then try option 9 for the shell. Once in the shell, try ifconfig lagg0 destroy. Then exit to get back to the menu. Then you can set up your networking via option 1.

 

[Bizquick]

that didn't work. I'm stuck Its like I need a way to like just rebuild the network config from reboot.

 

[Bizquick]

I cant seam to delete this Lagg port is there any file I can edit so it doesn't keep coming back?

 

[Bizquick]

the reset to defaults didn't even help

 

[Bizquick]

Thanks for trying to help. I ended up resetting to defaults. and then I was able to use one of the Intel NIC's interfaces to get up and going.
Dam Realtek onboard NIC just wouldnt reset the config. After I got up and running I was able to reset the onboard NIC and make it work too. But quite a pain to get back up and going. Good news my 2 jails came back up as soon as I imported all my storage pools. I guess Recovery on a FreeNas isnt too bad.

 

[joeschmuck]

When you say that you disabled the onboard NIC, was that in the BIOS? I know your problem is fixed now but I was just curious.