From owner-freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 10 09:15:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28104106567B for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:15:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from hawk.thalamus.net (hawk.thalamus.net [212.31.160.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DABA38FC27 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:15:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from localhost (localhost.thalamus.net [127.0.0.1]) by hawk.thalamus.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9C331EE91E for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:15:45 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at thalamus.net X-Spam-Flag: YES X-Spam-Score: 5.375 X-Spam-Level: ***** X-Spam-Status: Yes, score=5.375 tagged_above=-999 required=4.2 tests=[AWL=-3.965, HELO_LH_HOME=3.169, URIBL_AB_SURBL=1.613, URIBL_PH_SURBL=2.035, URIBL_SC_SURBL=2.523] Received: from hawk.thalamus.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hawk.thalamus.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id A9lmeprEtwxX for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:15:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lesbsdpc.homenet.home (c-195-216-040-164.static.bjare.net [195.216.40.164]) by hawk.thalamus.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EE7B1EE8AB for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:15:37 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4875D33C.2010506@eskk.nu> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:15:40 +0200 From: Leslie Jensen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080610) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org References: <48750381.1030004@eskk.nu> <20080709225423.GB1011@verio.net> In-Reply-To: <20080709225423.GB1011@verio.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: ***SPAM*** Re: New pf install on Freebsd7 seem to be a slow starter. X-BeenThere: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion and general questions about packet filter \(pf\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:15:50 -0000 David DeSimone skrev: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Leslie Jensen wrote: >> # tables >> table { something.somewhere.com, somethingelse.somewhere.com, >> xxx.yyy.zzz.qqq } > > This looks like the problem. You have put hostnames in your pf.conf. > While this is supported, hostname lookups at boot time are problematic > because the network is just getting started. Nameservers are not always > immediately reachable, so these name lookups will stall out. > > I recommend you put IP addresses in your pf.conf so that it can be > loaded without waiting for a nameserver. > > Alternatively, put these hostnames (and IP's) in your /etc/hosts file. Oh, I didn't know that! Can you tell me how to handle this? The problem is these hosts are not fixed IP's so they use no-ip (http://www.no-ip.com/) to provide a fixed address. Thanks /Leslie