DHCP configuration in the web GUI

You can also set up your DHCP server in the web GUI, which includes many more options than the console does.

  1. Navigate to Services | DHCP Server. There will be a separate tab for each non-WAN interface.
  2. Click on the tab for the interface you want to configure. The following screenshot shows the configuration page for the LAN interface:
The DHCP configuration page (for IPv4) in pfSense
  1. In the General Options section, there is an Enable checkbox, which, as you probably guessed, enables the DHCP server on the interface.
  2. There are also Range edit boxes where you can define the range of assigned addresses. If ...

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