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    • Bob.DigB
      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Gertjan
      last edited by 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. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan @Bob.Dig
        last edited by

        @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.

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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        • Bob.DigB
          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Gertjan
          last edited by 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. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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          • fireodoF
            fireodo @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @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

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

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

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              • fireodoF
                fireodo @stephenw10
                last edited by 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? ๐Ÿค“

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  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....

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                  • Bob.DigB
                    Bob.Dig LAYER 8
                    last edited by Bob.Dig

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

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                    • GertjanG
                      Gertjan @fireodo
                      last edited by

                      @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.

                      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                      • fireodoF
                        fireodo @Gertjan
                        last edited by

                        @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 ;-)

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                        • Bob.DigB
                          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Gertjan
                          last edited by

                          @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.

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                          • fireodoF
                            fireodo @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            @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 ... :-)

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                            • fireodoF
                              fireodo
                              last edited by 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

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                              Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                You could create a patch that adds that line to rc.newwanip and set it to auto-apply.

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                                • fireodoF
                                  fireodo @stephenw10
                                  last edited by fireodo

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

                                  You could create a patch that adds that line to rc.newwanip and set it to auto-apply.

                                  Yes that would be an option!

                                  But now I found a new "problem": Snort cannot handle the pppoe0 interface (with if_pppoe) and exits with this error:
                                  "FATAL ERROR: Cannot decode data link type 51"
                                  so there is more work to do ๐Ÿ˜‰ I switched back to "mpd" because i need Snort working ... ๐Ÿค“

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Hmm, using in-line mode?

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                                    • fireodoF
                                      fireodo @stephenw10
                                      last edited by

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

                                      Hmm, using in-line mode?

                                      No, legacy mode ...

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                                      Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        OK digging....

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                                        • fireodoF
                                          fireodo @stephenw10
                                          last edited by

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

                                          OK digging....

                                          I have post a question also in IDS/IPS adressed to Bill Meeks

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                                          SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
                                          pfsense 2.8.0 CE
                                          Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Yup replicated it here. Digging deeper...

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