> > > > If you are trying to setup a firewall, Peter Hansteen's "Book of PF" > > > > will > > > > surely help. It is not an absolute requirement, and you can wing it > > > > just by reading the man pages and asking around for help, but it will > > > > surely save you some time. > > > > > > The book is on my desk. > > > > To be precise, I have all editions. The one on my desk is the third > > edition, 2015. > > > The book does not answer to the question of how to add or remove an interface > on egress using hostname.if. > > The book uses egress. If I were to use the book, I would have my LAN on the > internet. So, no, we are way far off from a solution here.
To be pedantic, the book uses egress, and there is nothing wrong with it. The problem occurs because egress is set to the wrong interface, which fact I am trying to change here in this thread.