hmmm, no idea.  maybe they are checking to make sure you are not running a server?

Ah, okay,  yes, that is exactly what is happening.  Thanks!

increase the cache that squid can use (doesnt speed up downloads) search the forum for using squid with video (in case you watch same clip a couple of times) dns caching is done by computers automatically (pf does it too i think, this all depends on the ttl (time to live/the time that the ip expires and computer is told to recheck) of the domain name

1.2.2
built on Thu Jan 8 22:30:24 EST 2009

Hi,
is it possible to configure tinydns as a split horizon dns server?
I've tried to use tinydns (listening on 127.0.0.1) to serve external requests (authoritative server) and internal dnsforwarder to serve internal clients, but it dosen't work.
Thankyou for help,
Emanuele

@Referee2000:

Again - thanks!  Where do you want the gift card sent to?  :-)

I give my time to the pfSense forums as way of expressing my gratitude for this great project. If you would like to make a gift of a more material kind how about a donation to the pfSense project (http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=77 ) or a micro loan to a project in Thailand or a Pacific Islands country (see http://www.kiva.org)?

i have no idea - i don't have your modem or ISP info.  just try DHCP on the pfsense WAN and see if it works.

What version of pfSense is this on? 1.2.2? 1.2.3-RC3? 2.0?

Services –> DHCP Server

Hello!
I just installed pfsense and I have the same problem, almost..

I only get a lease ack if/when the dhcprequest is sent to 255.255.255.255:

boot:
Nov 28 09:17:31 dhclient[5711]: DHCPREQUEST on em0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Nov 28 09:17:32 dhclient[5711]: bound to 85.24.. – renewal in 450 seconds.

then, 450 secs later:
Nov 28 09:25:04 dhclient[5711]: DHCPREQUEST on em0 to 85.24.202.1 port 67
Nov 28 09:25:04 dhclient[5711]: SENDING DIRECT
Nov 28 09:25:07 dhclient[5711]: DHCPREQUEST on em0 to 85.24.202.1 port 67
Nov 28 09:25:07 dhclient[5711]: SENDING DIRECT

this goes on until:
Nov 28 09:45:23 dhclient[5711]: DHCPREQUEST on em0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Nov 28 09:45:24 dhclient[5711]: DHCPACK from 85.24.202.1
Nov 28 09:45:24 dhclient[5711]: bound to 85.24.. – renewal in 450 seconds.

What I have found so far:
On my windows machine, I get a new lease directly after 450 secs, when the DHCPREQUEST is sent directly to the dhcp-server.
So I ran wireshark, and the Windows request has lots of more stuff (OPTION, and different stuff in some of the OPTION) than what the PFSENSE-request has...

So, any idés of how to solve this?
The problem is that sometimes the 255.255.255.255 request after 2x450 secs gives me a new IP, or, does not work at all, so that I manually has to go into the pfsense webinterface and renew the ip :(

this is what pfsense looks like: ( i tried to add as much as I could to the dhcpd-conf file, but it´s still not enough)
http://basse.host22.com/junk/greenshot_2009-11-28_09-53-02.png
and windows:
http://basse.host22.com/junk/greenshot_2009-11-28_09-52-46.png

Any help would be really appreciated!

update:
I tried the 2.0 alpha, and it worked great! Any ETA on a stable 2.0? :P
I will try to capture these updates also, and see how they differ from the current stable pfsense updates...

The question is simple: how does dynamic dns (RFC2136) work in pfsense?

Thanks!

@Perry:

http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/File:SplitDNS-forwarder-example.png

exactly thats what i wanted. i have solved it now. thanks a lot :)

@DWAyotte:

I was wondering if anyone has been able to setup their own dyndns server and what exactly are you using?

I had to write my own. There are a few open source implementations that are either broken or do not support the dyndns protocol.

I was wanting to add an updater option in pfSense that would allow dyndns protocol updates to any custom server. I'm not sure if there would be any demand for something like this.

I see. But giving a name to the LAN2 interface doesn't do the trick. I think that this comes from the interface of pfsense not being recognized as a DNS, or maybe the DNS configured in the general setup aren't being forwarded on LAN2… Otherwise, whether or not i am able to access the interface through a hostname, I should be able to access the Internet from LAN2 when using the interface IP as DNS.

Funny thing is this has never happened on my linksys WRT54GL with dd-wrt that I was using prior installing pfSense/Alix.
Anyway, [SOLVED].