Setting up Lan Ports
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I am getting confused and I don't know why I can can't see the DHCP for my Bridage, and I hope that someone can help.
I have followed the attached link, but when I get to the DHCP, all I am seeing is the LAN DHCP and referance for the BR0,
https://eengstrom.github.io/musings/configure-pfsense-bridge-over-multiple-nics-as-lan
can some one advise me.
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There is a reason that bridging all your interfaces is not a one check-box type setup in pfSense. Doing that is generally a bad idea! Bridging interfaces makes it behave somewhat like a switch but it is not a switch and if what you want there is a switch then you should just use a switch.
Most SOHO routers that use that type of setup are in fact using switch internally. Some of our own appliances have an internal switch and can also be used like that.That aside..... if you are going to the dhcp server setup and there is no tab for br0 it's because br0 isn't assigned with a static IPv4 subnet a dhcp server can be added to.
I note also that guide does not mention chnaging the sysctls to filter on the bridge interface rather than it's members which most people would want for this sort of setup.
See: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/bridges/firewall.htmlSteve
