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Date:      Sat, 30 Dec 1995 12:21:33 +0000 ()
From:      James Raynard <fqueries@parody.tecc.co.uk>
To:        Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Setting up a gateway machine?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951230121859.180E-100000@parody.tecc.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199512281809.MAA15982@luke.pmr.com>

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On Thu, 28 Dec 1995, Bob Willcox wrote:

> I am trying to setup one of my systems to serve as a gateway machine
> between two ethernet networks.  (Note: I am, relatively, a netorking
> novice :-()  I have built the kernel with the "GATEWAY" option,
> but obviously have to do more than just that.  (Since it still will
> not forward packets from one network to the other).  The (to be)
> gateway machine can talk to systems on both networks, it just
> doesn't seem to want to do the forwarding

Apparently the GATEWAY option is deprecated. If you're running 2.1, just
edit /etc/sysconfig and change the gateway line from NO to YES. For
earlier versions, there's a sysctl command - 'man sysctl' will give the
details.

James

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