pf won't start because tun0 doesn't exist yet

[Max Laier]

On Saturday 30 June 2007, Frank Steinborn wrote:
> I'm going to set up a FreeBSD-router running pf. I have rules in
> pf.conf containing rules with 'tun0'. Here is the problem:
>
> When booting the machine, pf won't load the rules because tun0 doesn't
> exist at this time. Of course I could easyilly workaround this, but I
> wonder if there is a more elagant or even official way on this issue?

This is a FAQ - search the archives.

In short: If you need ALTQ on tun0 the only workaround is ppp.linkup (or 
similar).  loginterface is unnecessary since pfctl -vvvsI -i tun0.  
Addresses are written "(tun0)" not "tun0".

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