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Date:      Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:23:04 +0800 (MYT)
From:      Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com>
To:        "James A. Coulter" <james.coulter@cox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DHCP and the "SIMPLE" option in /etc/rc.firewall
Message-ID:  <20040730231718.T483-100000@prophet.alphaque.com>
In-Reply-To: <002501c47634$f68031f0$6e01a8c0@sabrina>

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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, James A. Coulter wrote:

> Without a static IP address for my outside interface, how do I set these
> options?

you could

1. use 'me' (without quotes) to represent the ip address in rc.firewall

OR

2. hack up an /etc/dhclient-exit-hooks which grabs the new ip address and
   reruns rc.firewall with this new address

Regards,                           /\_/\   "All dogs go to heaven."
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