----- "Curtis LaMasters" <curtislamast...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Tim Nelson<tnel...@rockbochs.com> > wrote: > > Greetings all- > > > > I have a situation where I need to have firewall rules for a > particular host that has a dynamic IP address(PPPoE ADSL). > Unfortunately, getting a static IP is cost prohibitive at this point. > When there is a power outage or after x number of days, the IP address > changes on the connection. My thought was to write a script that would > automagically check for the public IP, and if it is changed, then > update the firewall rule using curl to submit the form and then reload > the rules. Is there a better way to do this or any unforseen caveats > to doing it the way I described? > > > > Tim Nelson > > Systems/Network Support > > Rockbochs Inc. > > (218)727-4332 x105 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Unless I am not understanding this, if you were to just put WAN > Address as the rule destination instead of specifying the actual IP, > it would fix the issue. Right? > > Curtis LaMasters > http://www.curtis-lamasters.com > http://www.builtnetworks.com >
In my pre-lunch haze of hunger, I probably wasn't as clear as I should have been. :-) The box running pfSense by default denies all traffic to it's protected hosts. However, I want to allow traffic from a specific host that has a dynamic IP to the protected hosts behind the pfSense box. Since this IP changes on occasion, I need a way to update the firewall rules with the new IP so it will have proper unrestricted access. Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
