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Subject: Re: net.inet.ip.forwarding is mysteriously set to 0
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Hi,

 --- Original Message ---
 From: "Nikos Vassiliadis" 
 Date: 24 April 2015, 19:46:42
 


> Hi,
> 
> Just saw this. Can somebody re-produce this?
> 
> > root@m4fh2:~ # sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding
> > net.inet.ip.forwarding: 1
> > root@m4fh2:~ # ifconfig bridge0 create
> > root@m4fh2:~ # sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding
> > net.inet.ip.forwarding: 0
> 
> That's on GENERIC 10-STABLE from the day before yesterday.
> 

Put
 gateway_enable=YES
into rc.conf and try again.

Cheers,
Vitaliy