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#1
I think maybe I wasn't specific enough when I wrote my initial post.

Before I ever installed opnsense I tried to do my research on the software. I had my network configured with Versa SDWAN (as I used to work with a company that utilized Versa and had access to free software and equipment).

Basically, I got laid off but still wanted to have a router at the top of my network for protection, analytics and IP schema. So I wiped the box and put my own OS on it. I still wanted all of the cool and secure stuff. I read online that the static reservations that are made inside of the DHCP pool for OPNsense CAN get overridden by the router handing out new DHCP to those addresses. I made my pool as follows:

Network: 172.24.69.1/24
Pool: 172.24.69.50 Through the .200.

I gave the 2 gaming PC's that I have .14 and .15, obviously outside of the pool, and I had to go into the Ethernet Properties to manually set the IP, DNS, and GW.

I was hoping there was an easier way to accomplish the manual setting of the IP and DNS so that for every entry I chose to make static I could mange it easier instead of having to do it via the device I could manage it at the network level. I am brand new to OPNsense so maybe I am just not familiar enough with the software but I could not find a solution to this anywhere online or on the forum.

#2
My Dynamic Reservations resolve properly but my static ones that are outside of the pool do not unless I specify DNS in the configuration.
#3
I am having an issue where when I set an IP manually that is not inside of the DHCP pool DNS also has to be set manually. I have read that the static reservations cause issues via the opnsense UI so I have set the IPs for machines that need to not change via the IPv4 setting in Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections.

I have noticed that for devices that pick up DHCP addresses the DNS resolves to the .1 of my LAN subnet. (i.e. 192.168.1.1).

Once I change the DNS to 8.8.8.8 the internet works as expected as does DNS. Is there any way to set this in the UI? I have looked but have found nothing useful.

Any help is greatly appreciated.