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Configuring pfSense as a DHCP server

Now that you are familiar with the pfSense interface, let's see how to configure the various pfSense services, starting with the DHCP server:

Let's open the WebGUI administration console for the pfSense server. Now, click on the Services menu located on the top toolbar and then click on the DHCP Server.

The DHCP Server in pfSense will hand out addresses to DHCP clients, and automatically configure them for network access.

By default, the DHCP server is enabled on the LAN interface. In case you can see that the DHCP server is not enabled in your instance of pfSense, you can check the box to enable it, as shown in the previous screenshot.

Using the Deny unknown clients option, DHCP access can be prevented ...

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