This recipe describes how to configure optionalinterfaces from the console menu.
In order to complete this recipe,at least one optional interfacemust have previously been assigned to one of the available network interfaces.
- On the console menu, type
2
and pressEnter. - pfSense will prompt you for the number of the interface you want to configure.Type the appropriate number and pressEnter.
- pfSense will prompt you for the new LAN IPv4 address. Enter the new address and press Enter.
- pfSense will prompt you for the subnet bit count (the CIDR). Enter the bit count and pressEnter.
- pfSense will prompt you for the new LAN IPv4 upstream gateway address. You don’t need to specify an upstream gateway, so just pressEnter.
- pfSense will prompt you for the new LAN IPv6 address. If you want to specify an IPv6 address, type it here; otherwise, just pressEnter.
- If you entered an IPv6 address, pfSense will prompt you for the subnet bit count (CIDR). Enter the bit count and pressEnter.
- If you entered an IPv6 address,pfSense will prompt you for the new LAN IPv6upstream gateway address. You don’t need to specify an upstream gateway, so just pressEnter.
- pfSense will ask whether you want to enable the DHCP server on LAN. If you enter
y
, you will then be prompted for the start and end addresses of the IPv4 client address range. You can entery
and type the start and end addresses, or just entern
and set up DHCP later on (recommended).
- If you entered an IPv6 address,pfSense will ask whether you want to enable the DHCP6server on LAN. If you enter
y
, you will then be prompted for the start and end addresses of the IPv6client address range. You can entery
and type the start and end addresses, or just entern
and set up DHCP6later on (recommended). - pfSense will ask you if you want to revert to HTTP for the
web
C
onfigurator
protocol. Unless you have a reason for not using HTTPS for the web GUI, typen
and pressEnter. - The configuration process is now complete. The settings will be saved and pfSense will reload them.Repeat the process for as many optional interfaces as you wish to configure.