Dag Richards wrote: >> In sort my first guess is your IP is changing every 24 hours or so due >> to your service provider using dynamic addressing (and trying to >> prevent you from having a particular IP for too long). If I'm right, >> then your problem is that pf is holding on to the old rules for your >> old IP address even though your IP had changed. In other words, you >> have a configuration error. >> > > Interesting, that is brings up a question for me... what do we do in > this case? My ISP seems to be content to give the same ip back over and > over again. If they did not is there something I can do besides monitor > my $ext_if and reload the rules on ip addr change? > > Just curious.
To get an idea, you best take a look at the "Example Rulesets" in the PF FAQ. And off course, grind the PF documentation on how to use parentheses on interface names. "($ext_if)"
