Help to set up new router with opnsense

[Notconnected]

Hi everyone.
I installed OPNsense and changed the IP from the default to 192.168.1.50
Is there anything else I need to change.
When I look at my DHCP LAN settings
I see th
Hi everyone.
I installed OPNsense and changed the IP from the default to 192.168.1.50
Is there anything else I need to change.
When I look at my DHCP LAN settings
I see the available range is from 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.254
yet the line below this shows from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.199
I find this confusing and do not know how if I need to change anything
given I changed the IP I log into OPNsense on from the default to 192.168.1.50.

Can anyone explain what these IP's above relate to and if they are ok.

Thanks to anyone who can help
I will add a screen shot of what the above settings reffer to on my system.

Can anyone explain what these IP's above relate to and if they are ok.

Thanks to anyone who can help
I will add a screen shot of what the above settings reffer to on my system.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Click on the (i) at the start of each line for more information. Everything is pretty much self-explanatory.

 

[Notconnected]

Click on the (i) at the start of each line for more information. Everything is pretty much self-explanatory.

Hi Colin. There are no orange links beside the entries am asking about, others are greyed out too,
but they wouldnt have the help I need anyway.

 

[ColinTaylor]

"Available range" is the maximum permitted range based of the given Subnet and Subnet mask. "Range" is what you choose to use based on your own needs.

 

[Notconnected]

"Available range" is the maximum permitted range based of the given Subnet and Subnet mask. "Range" is what you choose to use based on your own needs.

Thanks Colin. Can I take it that me setting the login IP to the opnsense box is a seperate thing
and it will not interfere at all with the function of the unit.
And if you know, would setting the starting IP to 192.168.1.130 stop any addresses below this number from being given out to lan devices, I think it will, but don't want to break my setup if am wrong.
Thanks

 

[Tech9]

OPNsense is an entire router OS. It requires level of networking knowledge.

You may want to start here with the official documentation:

Initial Installation & Configuration — OPNsense documentation

docs.opnsense.org

If you prefer videos this one explains the basics (with a bit more talking):

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... or this one (starting from hardware setup, you can skip this part):

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There are perhaps better videos. The two above have some more views.

 

[Tech9]

I installed OPNsense and changed the IP from the default to 192.168.1.50

The default subnet 192.168.1.0 is unchanged. You've changed the management IP only from the default 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.50. You perhaps wanted to change the default subnet to 192.168.50.0 to match your previous router? DHCP server pool can be whatever you need on your network. You can have more than one on the same subnet. See Additional Pools option. As it is on you screenshot - you can have 100 DHCP configured clients, perhaps more than enough for home network.

 

[ddaenen1]

Typically you do not want the whole range in DHCP as with OPNsense, your fixed IP's are required to be outside the DHCP pool. I use fixed IP's for all wired equipment in the house like my managed switches, TVs, servers, wifi AP's, UPS and so and so forth.