I would like pfSense to assign an IP address based on the MAC address of each container. I tried everything I knew. I also tried assigning a custom MAC address via --mac-address in Extra Parameters: in Docker details. I created a VLan on pfSense, and Unraid assigned IP addresses in order, I can't get pfSenese to take that role. Here are a couple of screenshots of my setup, if you need anything else, I'll send it Example. I would like the qBittorrent container to get the IP address 10.10.100.10 and to do that pfSense. Unraid persistently assigns the address 10.10.100.2 The screenshot shows the settings of Unraid, pfSense, and the command prompt from the Unraid terminal and Docker terminal as proof of the MAC address of the qBittorrent container.

Docker only uses its internal DHCP, if you want a specific IP for a container, you have to set it in the docker container template. Pfsense (or any other router) cannot assign an IP to a docker container. You are simply reserving the IP for the container in pfsense, so that pfsense doesn't hand out that address to another computer, which could happen when container is stopped.

I don't know how to pfSense give IP address assignment for the Container

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If that's the only solution. That's what I'll do.

Thanks everyone for your help

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7 hours ago, neba said:
If that's the only solution. That's what I'll do.
Thanks everyone for your help

its better to use the method of static asigning them in unraid template. ther is technicaly a way to pass the --ip in extra parmaerters and set a ip... but that get complicated and weird if you don't know your networking nor the data your container will see and get...

unraids CA tempalte now offers that via optional setting a IP.

ths is simlar to force setting the dns ips in a docker continer using the --dns=8.8.8.8 inteh extra par to gurantee that the docker has 8.8.8.8 in the linux resolv.conf dns system.... to be able to resolve internet domains...

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