UPDATE:
While I can ssh within the LAN into Freenas, I still can't do it from outside it. Research so far strongly suggests it's a router/ISP issue that's blocking it. Even tho a port forward tab is available for adjustment within the ISP router settings, it does not work and in a call to tech support my ISP said they don't support/allow port forwarding. When I pointed out that it was therefore unhelpful to have the settings accessible - e.g. not greyed out - there was a distinct lack of comment at the other end of the line. I am currently trying to find a way to either bridge the ISP's modem for use with a second router, or replace the ISP modem altogether with the second router/modem. My ISP does not support bridging or non-ISP modem/routers, hence getting the correct setup parameters and login credentials is difficult - tho I'm on that trail.
Since attempting to setup external access, I have a security related question. Not sure if it belongs in this chain, but it follows from what I'm attempting to do, so I'm posing it here. If it's considered extraneous, I'll move it to a separate question. This morning my security log output at 03:00 - emailed - sent me this:
freenas.local changes in mounted filesystems:
13c13
< freenas-boot/ROOT/11.0-RC3 / zfs rw,noatime,nfsv4acls 0 0
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> freenas-boot/ROOT/11.0-RC4 / zfs rw,noatime,nfsv4acls 0 0
freenas.local kernel log messages:
> FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE #0 r313908+f4b711d1be8(freenas/11.0-stable): Mon Jun 5 23:11:22 UTC 2017
> root@gauntlet:/freenas-11-releng/freenas/_BE/objs/freenas-11-releng/freenas/_BE/os/sys/FreeNAS.amd64 amd64
> SMP: AP CPU #6 Launched!
> SMP: AP CPU #7 Launched!
> SMP: AP CPU #4 Launched!
> SMP: AP CPU #5 Launched!
> Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 1200029760 Hz quality 1000
> Trying to mount root from zfs:freenas-boot/ROOT/11.0-RC4 []...
> arp: 192.168.1.1 moved from d0:7a:b5:38:51:bd to 02:10:18:01:00:01 on igb1
> arp: 192.168.1.1 moved from 02:10:18:01:00:01 to d0:7a:b5:38:51:bd on igb1
-- End of security output --
I updated to 11.0-RC4 yesterday morning - June 7 - but the output above in the 7th line refers to June 5. Worryingly I see a "root@gauntlet" entry in the 8th line. My root login is "root@freenas", so my first question is, is this an attempt - successful or otherwise - at a security breach, or does this refer to something within the system that I'm simply not familiar with?
Second question: I've seen the 'arp' lines 16 & 17 a number of times in recent weeks. What do they mean?
Thanks, as always.