[WBEL-users] ADSL via DHCP, IP adress and Firewall

[bishop]

Salut Jean,

DHClient apparently runs a script (dhclient-script) on IP changes.

'man dhclient-script' brings up something, and I think it may be what 
you need.

Good luck, and please report back if you win.

  - bish

Jean LEE wrote:
> Hello Paul,
>  
> I do not use PPoE, just DHCP. Even if I could use ip-up, I have to 
> restart it manually.
> As the IP change are automatic with DHCP (no reconnection or something 
> else), I thought I have to start this script in my DHCP client to make 
> the launch of this firewall script automatic. Perhaps it is not feasible....
>  
> Thanks a lot for your answer.... Any other idea ?
>  
> Jean
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Paul Voccio <mailto:pvoccio@proficient.com>
>     *To:* Jean LEE <mailto:jean_lee_3@hotmail.com> ; Mailing List -
>     White Box <mailto:whitebox-users@beau.org>
>     *Sent:* Friday, September 10, 2004 3:20 PM
>     *Subject:* RE: [WBEL-users] ADSL via DHCP, IP adress and Firewall
> 
>     If you have a pppoe connection, which ADSL sometimes uses here in
>     the states, ip-up and ip-down get called when the connection goes up
>     and down.  You should then edit /etc/ppp/ip-up.local and have it
>     re-run your firewall script that will run with the new ip.
>      
>     Paul
> 
>         -----Original Message-----
>         *From:* whitebox-users-admin@beau.org
>         <mailto:whitebox-users-admin@beau.org>
>         [mailto:whitebox-users-admin@beau.org]*On Behalf Of *Jean LEE
>         *Sent:* Friday, September 10, 2004 3:16 AM
>         *To:* Mailing List - White Box
>         *Subject:* [WBEL-users] ADSL via DHCP, IP adress and Firewall
> 
>         Hello all,
>          
>         I have an ADSL connection via an Ethernet router (Freebox in
>         France). My server has an Ethernet card which is connected to
>         this bridge and obtain its IP adress via DHCP.
>         I am also using a firewall script which detects automatically
>         this IP adress. I call this script in my rc.local file.
>         Well, at startup my ethernet card is first brought up and the ip
>         adress is detected via DHCP and then, a few moment later my
>         firewall script is launched and detect this IP adress.
>          
>         My problem is that my provider often changes my IP adress. Then,
>         I have to reexecute manually my firewallscript to take this new
>         ip adress into account. How can I do to make the execution of
>         this firewall script automatic after each change in my IP adress ?
>          
>         Thanks for any help,
>          
>         Jean Lee