Re: IP forwarding

[Tim Wu <tim@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,
    It works great.
    Thank you so much!!!!!!!!

Tim Wu

Bruce Smith wrote:

> >     I try to do ppp dail-in to my office linux 6.0 box.  Everything works
> > fine except when I logon I can only ping the linux box.  I read some
> > document says the kernel MUST include IP forwarding.  Is there a way I can
> > check?
> >      I went into "make menuconfig" one time, but I did not see anything
> > like "IP forwarding" at all.  Can anyone tell me which on to look?  Or
> > anyone have any idea what am I missing?
>
> You can check if IP Forwarding is turned on with the following command:
>
>   cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
>
> (0 = off, 1 = forwarding is on)
>
> You can turn on IP Forwarding with the following command:
>
>   echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
> System Administrator / Network Administrator
> Armstrong International, Inc.
> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
> http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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