Re: Masq

[Howard Mann <howardm@xmission.com>]

aphro wrote:
> 
> One quick thing to check is to see if ip forwarding is turned on on the
> linux box.  in 2.2 see the file /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward if the
> contents is 1 then its on if its 0 its off, if your using a 2.0.x kernel
> this must be turned on in the kernel config.


Are you sure about this?

I believe one may do this by issuing the following :

echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

I seem to recall doing just this with my 2.0.36 kernel in the past.


Cheers,


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