Hi, I’m running TrueNAS scale as a result of the Forbidden Router v2 series. I’m not actually running the ‘forbidden router’ itself, but rather some very vanilla VMs and containers. Everything works fine, with the exception of TrueNAS scale’s updates. Currently I’m manually downloading and patching it… but it’s not convenient.
Below are some things that might be helpful to identify the issue:
My skill level: beginner
Signal chain: Fiber optic ISP > Fiber box > Router (Mikrotik 1100AHx4) > Switch (Mikrotik CSS326) > Intel NIC on server
FreeNAS Scale version: TrueNAS-SCALE-22.02.4
Internet access for VMs+container: working perfectly
Hi MadMatt,
I have reserved a static IP address for the host, and other IP addresses for each of the VMs. These are being assigned properly. This was done in IP>DHCP Server>Leases of RouterOS (Mikrotik)
For DNS, I’m using the internal IP of the VM running PiHole. It’s setup up in the IP>DHCP Server>Networks portion of RouterOS (Mikrotik). This is being picked up well by other devices in my network and working properly to the best of my knowledge.
The gateway is also setup in IP>DHCP Server>Networks portion of RouterOS (Mikrotik) section as 192.XXX.XXX.1.
Happy to provide screenshots or any other info that may help out.
ping -c 3 google.com // “name or service not known”
ping -c 3 4.2.2.2 // seems to work fine, 3 transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss
google DNS instead of pihole // same error
Also looked at logs for pihole, pool.ntp.org responded as OK a few days ago (assuming this means pihole isn’t blocking it)… yet the update doesn’t seem to have worked either.
I just tried to stop and start the ntp date service, and for some magical reason it worked again… using PiHole on, and having restored all firewall rules…
Seems like the system clock also gained a minute or so, not sure if that could be related?
actually yes. that is a known issue (feature?) if the time is off truenas will not connect to the mother ship. usually it is caused by a DNS issue though. i have not seen NTP its self hang before.