New pf install on Freebsd7 seem to be a slow starter.

[Leslie Jensen]

Leslie Jensen skrev:
> 
> Dennis skrev:
> 
>> LJ> Oh, I didn't know that! Can you tell me how to handle this?
>>
>> LJ> The problem is these hosts are not fixed IP's so they use no-ip
>> LJ> (http://www.no-ip.com/) to provide a fixed address.
>>
>> It's possible to populate the table after network initialized and all
>> other cervices are up. Just place empty table
>>
>> table <goodguys> persist
>>
>> in your pf.conf and
>>
>> pfctl -t goodguys -T add \
>>  something.somewhere.com \
>>  somethingelse.somewhere.com \
>>   xxx.yyy.zzz.qqq &
>>
>> into your /etc/rc.local, so pf will start up without delays.
>>
>> Regards,
>>   Dennis
>>
> 
> 
> Thanks Dennis.
> 
> I forgot to mention that I'm on a FreeBSD 7 system so the rc.local thing 
> must go somewhere else, do you know where?
> 
> /Leslie

Sorry!!!! I had to create the file.

If I've understood this right this will only be right at the time the 
machine starts. How do I get to know if the hosts changes their 
addresses. Should I invoke a cron job that does the same as you suggested?
Thanks
/Leslie