From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Nov 11 03:33:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA09079 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 03:33:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from main.gbdata.com ([207.90.222.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA09066 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 03:33:45 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gclarkii@localhost) by main.gbdata.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) id FAA21396; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 05:32:11 -0600 (CST) From: Gary Clark II Message-Id: <199611111132.FAA21396@main.gbdata.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD gateway/routing problems!?!? To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 05:32:10 -0600 (CST) Cc: jengland@enetis.net, isp@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1916.847708855@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Nov 11, 96 02:40:55 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > On a 2.1.5 machine you should be using sysctl and turning on > > the ip forwarding value. GATEWAY has no effect in 2.1.5. > > Which is accomplished by setting gateway to YES in /etc/sysconfig. Jordan, In his original message he talks about having GATEWAY compiled in. This sounds like he did it in the kernel NOT /etc/sysconfig. > > I'm surpised that Justin didn't just check "This machine will be a > gateway" in the installation. It's one of the installation > options, and it sets the sysconfig flag for you. True, its been so long since I did a scratch install:) > > Jordan > Gary -- Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company gclarkii@GBData.COM | Member of the FreeBSD Doc Team Providing Internet and ISP startups mail info@GBData.COM for information FreeBSD FAQ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/freebsd-faq.ascii