DHCP server configuration has no interfaces configured with a static IPv4 address

pgomes2000

MypfSense.home.arpa - Interfaces_ WAN (alc0).zip [MypfSense.home.arpa - Interfaces_ WAN (alc0).pdf](Invalid file type. Allowed types are: .png, .jpg, .bmp, .txt, .gif, .xls, .gz, .zip, .pcap, .pcapng, .7z, .xml, .jpeg, .diff, .patch, .tgz, .tar, .0, .cap) Hi,

My ISP have a router with WAN and wifi which works as a DHCP also.
I have a old laptop whre I installed pfSense in order to have all the services to work with.
Now I would like to disable the wifi from the router of the ISP and connect the router to the laptop, and want the pfSence to be my firewall, have a DHCP server and connect a router wifi.
When I go to Services/ DHCP server I have the message:

"The DHCP Server requires a static IPv4 subnet large enough to serve addresses to clients. This system has no interfaces configured with a static IPv4 address."

At Interfaces/WAN I have the static IP 192.168.10.1/24 and the check on "Enable interface" (please see attach file MypfSense.home.arpa - Interfaces_ WAN (alc0).zip).

Anyone can help?

Thanks in advance.

Jarhead

@pgomes2000
It's not the WAN that's concerned. What's the LAN set as?
Does the laptop have 2 NICs in it?

pgomes2000

First of all @jarhead thanks for trying to help.
I don't have no LAN interface, only WAN... perhaps I made some mistake when installing pfSense.

The laptop only have one NIC, I thinh I have another that connects to the USB port, but I don't know what to do with it, my idea is to use it for connecting to the router wifi.

Thanks

Patch

@pgomes2000 said in DHCP server configuration has no interfaces configured with a static IPv4 address:

I don't have no LAN interface, only WAN..

See https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-1100/router-on-a-stick.html

Or get a second NIC working.

Jarhead

@pgomes2000 said in DHCP server configuration has no interfaces configured with a static IPv4 address:

First of all @jarhead thanks for trying to help.
I don't have no LAN interface, only WAN... perhaps I made some mistake when installing pfSense.

The laptop only have one NIC, I thinh I have another that connects to the USB port, but I don't know what to do with it, my idea is to use it for connecting to the router wifi.

Thanks

go into the console and select Number 1) Assign Interfaces.
The first thing it asks is if vlans should be setup, say yes.
Add 2 vlans, one will be WAN, the other LAN.

You're gonna need a vlan capable switch to connect to by doing this. If you don't have one, you need 2 nics in the laptop. No way around that.

pgomes2000

Hi @jarhead and @Patch

I think I will buy a new NIC because the one I got (see image) is not detected or pfsense doesn't have the appropriate drivers.

Do you know what NIC should I buy (to be plugged on USB) that will be plug & play with pFsense?

Thanks.

pgomes2000

@jarhead and @Patch
The NIC I have.

Jarhead

@pgomes2000 USB nics are really not the way to go but if you search the forum you can find ones that work.
You're really better off buying a vlan capable switch and going that route. Probably cost the same.

pgomes2000

@jarhead I gonna buy a switch vlan D-Link.

Since I'm not an expert with networking, the WAN from my ISP is to be connected to the WAN port of the switch and then the laptop to a port on the switch, right?

It's better to install again pfSense? is there any tutorial for the VLAN's?

Thanks for so many questions.

Jarhead

@pgomes2000 Let's say you use vlan 10 for the WAN and VLAN 11 for the LAN. You can use any number you want between 2 and 4093.

You would connect the nic from the laptop to one port on the switch. This port will need both vlans tagged on it. It's called a "trunk" port.
Then you would untag vlan 10 on another port. That port will connect to your internet.
Untag vlan 11 on any other ports you want to be LAN ports.