Hello!
i see..all this time i wondered how a simple
echo 1>proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
could do ip_forwarding! Malamang the default kernel
already had this enabled nga!
--- neuroticimbecile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 14 September 2001 11:27, you wrote:
> > 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).
>
> hi there bert,
>
> afaik, to enable ip forwarding, you need a kernel
> with ip forwarding enabled,
> AND "1" in the file /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
>
> in other words, if the "echo 1 > ..." solution
> worked for you, it means that
> your kernel was ALREADY compiled with ip forwarding
> enabled.
>
> if you don't want to "echo 1 > ..." on every boot,
> you can set it in the file:
> /etc/sysctl.conf (at least for redhat systems, that
> is)
>
> hth,
> -eric
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