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Date:      Sat, 8 Feb 1997 10:27:35 +1100 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        Robert Chalmers <robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>
Cc:        bsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD ISP <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ipforwarding no longer in GENERIC or LINT?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970208102352.427f-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199702072243.IAA02694@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>

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On Sat, 8 Feb 1997, Robert Chalmers wrote:

> I don't see ipforwarding (gateway) in either LINT or GENERIC on
> the 
> 2.2-961014-SNAP FreeBSD 2.2-961014-SNAP #0: 
> kernel anymore ?
> 
> Do I presume that having gateway=YES in sysconfig is all thats needed now?

The kernel option IPFORWARDING/GATEWAY is no longer available or 
required.  IP forwarding is controlled by the sysctl variable 
net.inet.ip.forwarding.

Setting "gateway=YES" in /etc/sysconfig makes /etc/netstart execute the 
command 'sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1', which enables IP forwarding.
You can disable it at runtime, if you desire, with the command
# sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=0

Now to go back and answer your previous e-mail, which I read but did not 
have time to reply to... :-)

Danny



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