DS‐ DHCP - 229300/SYS265-System-Admin.-Network-Services-II---Spring-2026 GitHub Wiki

  • I'm going to try pfsense first
  1. Navigate to pfsense (https://10.0.5.2)
  2. Services --> DHCP Server --> Make sure I'm on the LAN tab
  3. Check the box: Enable DHCP server on LAN interface
  4. Navigate to and Set Address Pool Range: 10.0.5.150 - 10.0.5.175
  5. Navigate to the Gateway field --> In the Gateway field, enter the firewall's LAN IP address: 10.0.5.2
  6. Navigate to and configure DNS Servers: 10.0.5.5
  7. Make sure the subnet mask is /24
  8. Scroll to the bottom and click Save
  9. Then click Apply Changes
  11. Navigate to Control Panel --> Ethernet properties --> TCP/IPv4 Properties:
  12. Change Use the following IP address to Obtain an IP address automatically:
  13. Open Powershell and execute the following commands:
  • ipconfig /release
  • ipconfig /renew
  • ipconfig /all
If I get this error it means I still have a static IP address configured instead of being set to obtain an IP automatically in TCP/IPv4 Properties:

Deliverable 1

Should look like:

Deliverable 2