Static IPs and disabling DCHP pool.
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I have to keep asking questions and plan this out, without much ability to test directly on Pfsense. My homelab isn't the best, so I am literally plugging in Pfsesne when I have time, tinkering, then shutting it off and putting my current Netgear router back in place so the WAF doesn't break...
I haven't figured this one out yet: If I create an interface assignment, with it's specific subnet, is there a way to only have it operate as static IPs for the hosts, without the DCHP pool?
It took me a while to wrap my head around the fact that when I create a pool of addresses for dynamic DHCP I can't select an IP in that pool for a static address. I am going to have all devices on my network be static, so the 'DHCP pool' of addresses on each subnet is just wasted IPs.
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You don't have to enable a DHCP server if you don't want to, but using static mappings is easier than manually configuring static addresses. Create a small DHCP pool and put your static mappings elsewhere.
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@jknott said in Static IPs and disabling DCHP pool.:
but using static mappings is easier than manually configuring static addresses
Agree - this also allows for easier change of say mask, or gateway or ntp or dns.. Or any other option you might be handing out via dhcp. Vs touching each device to make such changes.
Set your pool to be only a couple of addresses - this way when you connect a new device it can get an IP, and then you can just easy switch it to a reservation by just clicking the lease.
If your network is so full you can not afford a handful of IPs in a pool.. Maybe its time to use a bigger mask.. /23 vs /24 for example.
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@johnpoz said in Static IPs and disabling DCHP pool.:
Set your pool to be only a couple of addresses - this way when you connect a new device it can get an IP, and then you can just easy switch it to a reservation by just clicking the lease.
And perhaps use a short lease time, if you don't have many DHCP pool addresses.
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Yup I would set like 1 hour or something for such IPs.. So worse case the lease expires 1 hour later.. But will continue to renew if you haven't yet changed it to a reservation.
