Port forwarding and static IP
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pfSense by default set the LAN for DHCP, will it cause problems if I set a Static IP for my web server and just let everything else stay Dynamic or since I am not sure where to tell pfsense that I have set that IP to the webserver, will it try to issue it to some other device
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My rule of thumb is that servers should always be static unless there is a specific reason to set them to dynamic.
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Pretty much. Other than that, set up a DHCP static mapping for the host.
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As already mentioned - you could create a reservation for this server. Or just set your pool to leave some IPs on either end or both ends of the segment for static assignment. For example if using a /24.. set your pool .10 to .250 this leaves you IPs on both ends for static use.
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