Logging my daily changing WAN-address

Gertjan

Keep in mind that Dyndns, triggered when a WAN type interface event happens, will only update the IP, and send a mail if the previous WAN IP was different as the current, new one.
So, you'll get a mail and if you do not want a mail, you know now how to disable the mail notif] ( see here - and 7 lines lower for the IPv6 equivalent).

fireodo

@Bob-Dig said in Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

Maybe I should look into that anyways.

Hi, I propose you another solution (if you like and you are not to shy to edit a system file)

Edit this file:

/usr/local/sbin/ppp-linkup

(this file gets executed each time the pppoe triggers a new connection (implicit a new IP))

attach at the end of the file (before the "exit 0")

# IP-Logging
cat /tmp/pppoe0_ip >> /root/iplog/iplog.log
date >> /root/iplog/iplog.log

In this example the destination is a file in the root directory: /root/iplog/iplog.log (you can choose another destination as you wish)

Regards,
fireodo

Gertjan

@fireodo

mkdir -p /root/iplog
touch /root/iplog/iplog.log

If for some reason, the sub folder didn't exit (because pfSense was re installed, or some &@$!!¤ deleted the "iplog" folder in /root/), its created.
Same thing for the file "iplog.log" : if it didn't exist, a zero byte "iplog.log" will be created.

and from now on its happy appending :

cat /tmp/pppoe0_ip >> /root/iplog/iplog.log
date >> /root/iplog/iplog.log

fireodo

@Gertjan

Thanks for the completion! Also after a pfsense-update the "ppp-linkup" file has to be edited again.

Regards

Gertjan

@fireodo said in Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

Also after a update the "ppp-linkup" file has to be edited again.

I'm pretty sure bob.dig can make a patch out of it, so it can be re installed with a click ^^

fireodo

@Gertjan said in Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

I'm pretty sure bob.dig can make a patch out of it, so it can be re installed with a click ^^

Of course, but maybe someone else read and want that too ...

stephenw10

If you have a dyndns client running on the WAN it should only notify you when the WAN address changes.

Bob.Dig

@Gertjan said in Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

I'm pretty sure bob.dig can make a patch out of it, so it can be re installed with a click ^^

Actually no, you must mistake me for someone else. But thank you and @fireodo for that solution. I think, I like it the most so far.

@stephenw10 said in Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

If you have a dyndns client running on the WAN it should only notify you when the WAN address changes.

True, but any gateway event will also trigger emails, as far as I remember, and with 10+ flaky privacy-VPN-clients, that are WAN-type interfaces, this becomes very annoying, I can tell you.

Gertjan

@Bob-Dig said in Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

True, but any gateway event will also trigger emails, as far as I remember and with 10 VPN clients this becomes very annoying, I can tell you.

I get it.
Still, the Dyndns setp will only send a mail IF the WAN IP actually did change.
If the "do something with the WAN interface" is called many time, it doesn't matter : only if the IP changed, you get a mail.
If it changes x times a day, you will get x mails a day, true.

Bob.Dig

Marked solved, thanks guys.

@Gertjan said in Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

can make a patch out of it, so it can be re installed with a click

If someone reputable wants to make a site "pfSense Helper Scripts", I wouldn't mind.

fireodo

@stephenw10

Hi,

in case of using if_pppoe (in pfsense 2.8.0) what file would have to be edited and attach these lines

cat /tmp/pppoe0_ip >> /root/iplog/iplog.log
date >> /root/iplog/iplog.log

for having the WAN-IP get logged? (the /usr/local/sbin/ppp-linkup is not used anymore)

Thanks and nice sunday,
fireodo

stephenw10

You could probably add something to pppoe-handler. But that's PHP not a shell script.

fireodo

@stephenw10 said in [solved] Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

You could probably add something to pppoe-handler. But that's PHP not a shell script.

Thanks - I'm not a PHP guru - do you have a "code" example?

stephenw10

Ha, I thought you might ask that and...nope not off hand. I'm no php guru either!

But if you're just logging the IP it's probably a one liner....

Bob.Dig

Maybe @Gertjan knows how to do it and can give detailed instructions how to do it for a noob like me.

Gertjan

@fireodo said in [solved] Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

cat /tmp/pppoe0_ip >> /root/iplog/iplog.log

Doesn't exist anymore ?
I'm not using 2.7.2 or 2.8.0, - not using the pppoe or the new pppoe.

fireodo

@Gertjan said in [solved] Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

Doesn't exist anymore ?

This (you mentioned) still exist but the executable /usr/local/sbin/ppp-linkup, is not used with the if_pppoe, so the lines that where attached at this file:

cat /tmp/pppoe0_ip >> /root/iplog/iplog.log
date >> /root/iplog/iplog.log

doesn't function anymore. stephenw10 suggest to modify the /usr/local/sbin/pppoe-handler file but I'm not familiar with PHP ;-)

Bob.Dig

@Gertjan said in [solved] Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

Doesn't exist anymore

Or how to do it with the DDNS-thingy.

fireodo

@stephenw10 said in [solved] Easy solution for logging my daily changing WAN-address:

But if you're just logging the IP it's probably a one liner....

I will look, until I find a solution I stay with mpd as all the time before 2.8.0 ... :-)

fireodo

Hi,

i found a solution everybody interested is invited to try :-)

I made a shell script file called "logip" with following content:

#!/bin/sh

# IP-Logging
cat /tmp/pppoe0_ip >> /root/iplog/iplog.log
date >> /root/iplog/iplog.log

and placed in "/root/bin/" and made it executable.

After that I modified (attention - this is a original pfsense file!!!) the file "/etc/rc.newwanip" attaching at the end (before the "?>" this line of code:

shell_exec('/root/bin/logip');

The rc.newwanip is executed each time the system gets a new WAN IP so it should work. (I tested here and it works).
The "bad" thing is that the "rc.newwanip" has to be edited each time the system gets an upgrade/update ...
If someone gets a more "elegant" solution I'am open to it :-)

Regards,
fireodo