IP forwarding

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Do, den 03.06.2004 schrieb Bobby Knueven um 16:57:

> How do i enable IP Forwarding in the kernel through the terminal?
> 
> Bobby Knueven

vi /etc/sysctl.conf

and change the line

net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0

to

net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

and run

sysctl -p

For just activating forwarding for test purposes you can do it with

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

Alexander


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