En Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 08:27:41PM -0700, plug bert escribio:
#_ Hello,
#_
#_ a lot of guys have already suggested doing the
#_
#_ echo 1>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
#_
#_ thing, and it did work; problem was, this solution
#_ didn't really sit well with me for some reason, so i
#_ ended up recompiling my kernel with ip forwarding
#_ enabled. Then again, i'm a kernel-compile junkie -- it
#_ just gives me a certain satisfaction that my cpu's
#_ working hard, and that i'm getting my money's worth
#_ B).
"echo 1>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" does not _enable_ ip forwarding.
What it does is _activate_ ip forwarding in an already enabled kernel.
Most kernels nowadays have ip forwarding enabled by default.
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