Re: IP Forwarding on 2.1.42

Richard B. Johnson (root@analogic.com)
Mon, 16 Jun 1997 21:28:45 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Chris Molnar wrote:

> Does anyone have any secrets on how to make IP Forwarding work properly
> on 2.1.42? I updated from 2.0.29 and it was working properly under that
> kernel. No other changes has been made.
>
> I did read the docs....... and did run the command that was mentioned in
> the Changes doc.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>

# echo "1" >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding

This should turn it on. Note:

# echo 1> /proc/sys/net/ip4/ip_forwarding

Will __NOT__ work! This just redirects a '\n' out the "terminal".
Some documentation shows this. It needs quotes or spaces.

Cheers,
DJ
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Richard B. Johnson
Analogic Corporation
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