DHCP

If you only have a few devices on your network, you could easily configure them with static IP addresses and not use a DHCP server at all. In such cases, internet connectivity will be established more quickly, since computers on the network won't have to go through the DHCP discovery-offer-request-acknowledge process. As the size of your network grows, however, a DHCP server becomes essential, as keeping track of statically assigned IP addresses will become far too cumbersome. Fortunately, configuring pfSense to act as a DHCP server is relatively easy, and can be done from either the console or the web GUI.

DHCP configuration at the console

DHCP configuration at the console can be done with the following steps:

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