Configuring a LAN interface from the console

This recipe describes how to configure the LAN interface from the Console menu.

Getting ready

In order to complete this recipe, the LAN interface must have previously been assigned to one of the available network interfaces.

How to do it...

1. On the console menu, type 2 and press Enter.
2. pfSense will prompt you for the number of the interface you want to configure. For the LAN interface, this will be 2, so type 2 and press Enter.
3. pfSense will prompt you for the new LAN IPv4 address. Enter the new address and press Enter:

4. pfSense will prompt you for the subnet bit count (the CIDR). Enter the bit count and press Enter.
5. pfSense will prompt you for the new LAN IPv4 upstream gateway address. You don’t need to specify an upstream gateway, so just press Enter.
6. pfSense will prompt you for the new LAN IPv6 address. If you want to specify an IPv6 address, type it here; otherwise, just press Enter.
7. If you entered an IPv6 address, pfSense will prompt you for the subnet bit count (CIDR). Enter the bit count and press Enter.

8. If you entered an IPv6 address, pfSense will prompt you for the new LAN IPv6 upstream gateway address. You don’t need to specify an upstream gateway, so just press Enter.
9. 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 enter y and type the start and end addresses, or just enter n and set up DHCP later on (recommended).
10. If you entered an IPv6 address, pfSense will ask if you want to enable the DHCP6 server on LAN. If you enter y, you will then be prompted for the start and end addresses of the IPv6 client address range. You can enter y and type the start and end addresses, or just enter n and set up DHCP6 later on (recommended).
11. pfSense will ask you whether you want to revert to HTTP for the webConfigurator protocol. Unless you have a reason for not using HTTPS for the web GUI, type n and press Enter.
12. The configuration process is now complete. The settings will be saved and pfSense will reload them.

How it works...

This recipe described how to set up a LAN interface’s IP address using the console instead of the web GUI. Note that this option also allows you to set up the DHCP (or DHCP6) server, although it does not provide as many options as the web GUI. As with configuring a WAN interface, you may find it necessary to do the configuration via the web GUI, as the console only provides limited options.

See also

• The Assigning interfaces from the console recipe
• The Configuring a WAN interface from the console recipe
• The Configuring optional interfaces from the console recipe
• The Configuring VLANs from the console recipe
• The Configuring a LAN interface recipe