Somewhere you have an init script setting up the routing rules at system startup (they go away at a system restart too), add the line in there so when the routes are setup the forwarding is turned on too. On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 08:32, George Gambill wrote: > George, > > Per your (and several others) message, > > cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward returned a "0". > > Per Bill Jonas (thanks bill) echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward fixed it > for the time. However, after a reboot it goes back to "0". > > How do I set this to 1 at start? > > Any suggestions > > Thanks > > George > > -----Original Message----- > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:44:08 -0500 > From: George Toft > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: My Router Isn't > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > George Gambill wrote: > > = > > > Trying to set up a router (RH8) between a 192.168.100.0/255.255.255.0 s= > ubnet > > and a 10.1.0.0/255.255.0.0 subnet. > > = > > ... snip ... > > = > > > Using Webmin on the router (gwg) and looking at the firewall, it shows = > under > > "packet filtering": > > "FORWARD" default "Accept" with no other rules > > "INPUT" default "Accept" with no other rules > > "OUTPUT" default "Accept" with no other rules > > = > > > Any ideas why I can't ping nowhere (10.1.1.66) from winslow > > (192.168.100.253)? > > = > > > George > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > Hi George, > > What is the status of IP Forwarding on the router (gwg)? cat > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- David IS Mandala gpg fingerprint 8932 E7EF CCF5 1B8C 1B5C A92E C678 795E 45B2 D952 Phoenix, AZ (480) 460-7545 HP, (602) 741-1363 CP http://www.them.com/~davidm/