DHCP in multiple PFSENSE BOX with same IP Pool
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Hi myself Lokesh Kamath.
We have 3 Unit's. 1 Lease Line (ILL) & 2 Point to Point (P2P) connections.
We are using 1 PFSENSE for Firewall, Gateway, DNS, DHCP.
While P2P fiber cut, very difficult to work in other 2 unit's. So we configured P2P system IP address as manual.
My question here is can we put 2 PFSENSE box and configure DHCP in both PFSENSE box and different IP pool?
Example:
DHCP 1 Pool: 10.8.1.50 - 10.8.1.99
DHCP 2 Pool: 10.8.1.110 - 10.8.1.199Is this type configuration is possible?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks & Reagrds
Lokesh Kamath -
As long as the pool addresses are within the network range and they don't conflict with any static address configuration, yes. It's entirely possible to have multiple DHCP servers on a network and is often done on large networks. You could even assign them the same pool, as devices are supposed to do Duplicate Address Detection (DAD), before using an address.
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Hi all,
One more suggestion required on the same.
DHCP 1: 192.168.1.1 - WAN
DHCP 1: 10.8.1.50 - 10.8.1.99 - LANDHCP 2: 10.8.1.110 - 10.8.1.199 - LAN
In DHCP 2 WAN IP i should give 10.8.1.110 or leave blank?
Thanks in advance.
Lokesh Kamath
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@slkamath said in DHCP in multiple PFSENSE BOX with same IP Pool:
In DHCP 2 WAN IP i should give 10.8.1.110 or leave blank?
Is the WAN side not connected?
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No WAN side not connected. This additional pfsense is only for LAN purpose.
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@slkamath said in DHCP in multiple PFSENSE BOX with same IP Pool:
No WAN side not connected. This additional pfsense is only for LAN purpose.
Then other than DHCP server, what's it supposed to do? I only see one LAN on it. If that's all there is, it won't be doing much else.
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Ok. Thank you very much.
