Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105
----- "Lyle Giese" <l...@lcrcomputer.net> wrote: > Tim Nelson wrote: ----- "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 Why not setup a pfSense box at the other office and setup an openVPN tunnel between the two? > > Lyle Giese > LCR Computer Services, Inc. > >
