Re: IP Masquerading Problems

Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 08:34:12 +0300 (EEST)

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Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk> writes:
...
> Has IP forwarding been disabled (e.g. by your init scripts)? Type
> cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> to find out. 0 implies that forwarding is disabled. To enable it, use
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> To enable it permanently, remove any command in your init scripts
> which disables it.

Nope, per DEFAULT it is DISABLED. You must explicitely enable it.
(RFC 1122, host requirements...)

> --
> Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>

/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
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