From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 11 20:55:50 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 20:55:48 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail4.lig.bellsouth.net (mail4.lig.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 393A637B400 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 20:55:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from eileen (adsl-61-148-210.int.bellsouth.net [208.61.148.210]) by mail4.lig.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with SMTP id XAA11970; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:55:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200012120455.XAA11970@mail4.lig.bellsouth.net> From: "Chris Browning" To: , "Mike Gruver" , brownicm@prokyon.com Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:48:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: How to use simple firewall with DHCP? follow-up Priority: normal In-reply-to: <200012120439.XAA18371@mail6.lig.bellsouth.net> References: <000801c063e9$c20967e0$0200a8c0@digitalavalanche.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01b) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Use the values from /var/db/dhclient.leases. My IP number > never changes, although I was never promised a static > number. I have the same setup you have except that it's > a DSL line rather than cable (I assume from your email > addr). I also use 'natd_flags="-dynamic"' in /etc/rc.conf, > although I'm not sure just what would happen if the IP > number _was_ changed. Surprise!! I just checked mine > and it _has_ changed (after six months)! With no > apparent ill-effects. On second thought, I entered the new IP number in rc.firewall and re-booted. I'm in the same boat as David Kelly regarding the dhclient hooks... -------------------------- Chris Browning brownicm@prokyon.com ------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message