On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:59:01PM +0200, Christer Solskogen wrote:
> > # iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
> > # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> 
> Is this really needed? Networking works nicely at my place without it.
> 

I think so.  Unless you have those rules already in place from a
previous iptables setup.  A linux system doesn't usually forward packets
by default.  Without these lines, I can talk to the host OS, but I can't
get out to the internet.


- J


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