Re: Masq

[aphro <nate@firetrail.com>]

not 100% sure no

but i am 100% sure i did see an option in 2.0.36 config (kernel
config) for an option to turn on ip forwarding..back when i setup ipmasq
with an early 2.1.x kernel i went through hell tryin to figger out how to
turn on ip_forwarding (it wasnt documented hardly at all back then)

nate

On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Howard Mann wrote:

howard >aphro wrote:
howard >> 
howard >> One quick thing to check is to see if ip forwarding is turned on on the
howard >> linux box.  in 2.2 see the file /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward if the
howard >> contents is 1 then its on if its 0 its off, if your using a 2.0.x kernel
howard >> this must be turned on in the kernel config.
howard >
howard >
howard >Are you sure about this?
howard >
howard >I believe one may do this by issuing the following :
howard >
howard >echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
howard >
howard >I seem to recall doing just this with my 2.0.36 kernel in the past.
howard >
howard >
howard >Cheers,
howard >
howard >
howard >-- 
howard >
howard >Howard Mann                   Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO
howard >http://www.newbielinux.com    http://www.xmission.com/~howardm/t1.html
howard >

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