ASUS PN61 Install

[neilcrew]

I live and work away from home and I am trying to build a mini-lab in my apartment. I have an Asus PN61 with 32Gb RAM onboard and a 1TB NVME disk. Because I can't get wired internet, I have 5G from a local provider and use a Huawei 5G router with a SIM, which also has a WAN/LAN port and a second LAN port.

I have used the LAN port successfully on other devices and also with the PN61 running Windows 10 and Debian with a GUI.

When I try to install Proxmox on the PN61, with the device connected to the router with an ethernet cable, it doesn't recognise the network card normally (see the first image) but gives it a suggested IP address in a different range (all the other devices in the apartment are picking up a 192.168.8.x number). If I try to accept these settings it displays an error dialogue box (gateway not valid). If I change the settings to give what I would expect to be a good address (192.168.8.2, with a gateway of 192.168.8.1) then the install appears to complete normally, but I can't access the web portal (although a ping to 192.168.8.2 works).

 

[ph0x]

Is the address maybe already taken by another device or in any kind reserved in your gateway?
What's the output of systemctl status pveproxy.service?

 

[neilcrew]

Output attached, plus output from the IP config. As I said I can ping the IP address but trying to access the web console on port 8006 gives an error (ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE). The IP config mentions 192.168.8.255 which I didn't put into the setup and I have no idea where it has got that form because the IP of the router is 192.168.8.1

 

[ph0x]

.255 is the broadcast address, that's fine.
IP output shows that the machine has got the address 192.168.8.11 ... As I said, .2 will probably be taken by another device that answers your pings.

 

[neilcrew]

Apologies I have caused the confusion here. After your initial message, I did a clean install using the IP address of .11 instead of .2 I am still unable to get to port 8006 although I can ping the machine and access it from my desktop via putty

 

[ph0x]

Did you enter https:// in front of the IP address?

 

[neilcrew]

Oh dear..........many thanks!

 

[ph0x]

You're not the first, believe me.