why not just start pf after the connection comes online once in the ppp.linkup? that'll solve the redundant call problem
and i think tun0 is always what obsd uses to reference a pppoe connection scott On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Kent R. Spillner wrote: > I use pppoe to connect to my DSL service provider. I call ppp from > rc.local so my 'net connection is established after pf has been started. > > The problem is that I use (tun0) in my pf.conf as my external address, > but when pf loads pf.conf it spews some errors about tun0 not having any > address associated with it. Therefore, I have to reload my ruleset in > /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup. > > That's not a problem; I'm just wondering if there is a better way to > give tun0 a dummy address initially to appease pf and so that I don't > have to reload my ruleset immediately (using (tun0) will automagically > update my external addr, right?). > > Is a really stupid question? > > -Kent > -- > Kent R. Spillner > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little > temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > - Benjamin Franklin > >
