On 13/03/2012 22:42, Tom Eastep wrote: > On 03/13/2012 02:57 PM, Don Tucker wrote: > >>> -Tom >> Just to make sure I understand, are you saying that I do NOT need to >> restart shorewall if pppd doesn't add a default route for ppp0? > Running 4.4.11.6, if ppp0 is listed in /etc/shorewall/providers then you > need to 'shorewall restart' when it goes up or down.
Just to enhance Tom's answer. Shorewall is only managing interfaces that are up and have IP addresses *at the point shorewall is started*. So if you bring up a PPP connection then you need to restart shorewall so that it's aware of it. OR if restarting is a problem (usually not) then use a newer version of shorewall which Tom has kindly added an "enable" and "disable" feature so you can do this without a complete restart. A compromise is to set PPP to dial on demand. That way PPP can be "up" but not dialed into anything (so you can start it nice and early). I concede I'm not 100% sure this doesn't still botch something, but you can test it... Just trying to clarify that since it might not be immediately obvious! Good luck Ed W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
