It sounds like you do not have IP masquerading enabled. Check the file:
/etc/sysconfig/network for the entry: FORWARD_IPV4=false
and set it to true: FORWARD_IPV4=true
Restart and you will have masquerading enabled.
Next, add your hosts to forward or masquerade. On your 5.1 box, you will
use the ipfwadm utility.
Randy
> Giampaolo Bellini wrote:
>
> Hello...
>
> I'm going to setup a packet gateway, using IP-MASQUERADE on a red hat
> 5.1 platform but... I have not been able to activate the
> ip-forwarding features... maybe there is somethings wrong on my .conf
> file, because at startup I get a:
>
> "sysctl: ip forwarding off"
>
> message.
>
> who can help me ?
>
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