Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 09:34:28 +0800 From: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bal=E1zs_M=E1t=E9ffy?= <repcsike@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jails and one dynamic ip address Message-ID: <4BFC7AA4.8020009@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimALIbR98yC9a9GW4pPPzScgwZPh9VvooxU82la@mail.gmail.com> References: <4BFC5EE3.3090505@a1poweruser.com> <AANLkTimALIbR98yC9a9GW4pPPzScgwZPh9VvooxU82la@mail.gmail.com>
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>> I get one dynamic ip address from my ISP. This is what I specify on the >> jail for public network access. When the ip address changes on me I have to >> manually change the ip address associated with the jail. >> >> Is there some method I can code so jail will all ways have public network >> access? > Hi, > > > Sure there can be a better solution (I think :)): > > Use an rfc1918 private address range for your Jail, and use nat, to > forward your external interface IP to the private address of the jail. > > This can be done in ipnat, PF, or the other natting, packet filtering > tools. > > Hope I understood your question :). > > Regards, > > Balázs M. > The jails are on the host with LAN behind it and with ipf firewall which allows out anything coming from LAN private ip address. I was not able to get this to work until I discovered the jail needed a copy of the hosts /etc/resolv.conf. Now it works without any special tweaks, and the dymanic ip address changing causes no problems.
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