Re: sysctl, ip_forward[ing], Configure.help

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 5 Jan 1998 17:36:30 +0000 (GMT)


> fact was documented somewhere, e.g. by adding a sentence like
> You have to enable IP forwarding by doing
> echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> (cc to Axel, just in case there will be a 2.0.34;

This isnt correct. In 2.0.x you have to set forwarding at compile time
unless using some vendors magically tuned krnel