Re: Timing Shorewall's startup

2013-08-17 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Karl E. Jørgensen a écrit : > > On 16/08/13 13:12, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >> >> Karl E. Jørgensen a écrit : >>> >>> Why do you need shorewall to wait for the interface? >> Maybe because it needs to know its IP address ? > > Yes - that's sort of what I was alluding to. If the box is a router, > th

Re: Timing Shorewall's startup

2013-08-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Johann Spies wrote: > I have configured /etc/default/shorewall to wait for the ppp-interface > (adsl) before it starts. I have never needed to use this behavior. Shorewall works fine for me without it. Could you say for what reason you need it to wait for the interface? What problem is being so

Re: Timing Shorewall's startup

2013-08-16 Thread Karl E. Jørgensen
Hi On 16/08/13 13:12, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Hello, > > Karl E. Jørgensen a écrit : >> On 16/08/13 07:34, Johann Spies wrote: >>> My home network server is also the gateway to the internet. >>> >>> I have configured /etc/default/shorewall to wait for the ppp-interface >>> (adsl) before it starts

Re: Timing Shorewall's startup

2013-08-16 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Hello, Karl E. Jørgensen a écrit : > > On 16/08/13 07:34, Johann Spies wrote: >> My home network server is also the gateway to the internet. >> >> I have configured /etc/default/shorewall to wait for the ppp-interface >> (adsl) before it starts. > > Why do you need shorewall to wait for the inter

Re: Timing Shorewall's startup

2013-08-16 Thread Karl E. Jørgensen
Hi On 16/08/13 07:34, Johann Spies wrote: > My home network server is also the gateway to the internet. > > I have configured /etc/default/shorewall to wait for the ppp-interface > (adsl) before it starts. > > Sometimes the server boots and shorewall does not run at all. > > It seems that the wait

Timing Shorewall's startup

2013-08-15 Thread Johann Spies
My home network server is also the gateway to the internet. I have configured /etc/default/shorewall to wait for the ppp-interface (adsl) before it starts. Sometimes the server boots and shorewall does not run at all. It seems that the wait_interface="ppp0" setting in /etc/default/shorewall does