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 _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
