Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 06:25:17 +0000 ( ) From: Joel Eusebio <joel@tilapia.pang.pworld.net.ph> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gateway Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.1000704061406.3508A-100000@tilapia.pang.pworld.net.ph> In-Reply-To: <39617A72.6143F9D3@gorean.org>
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Yes, I make it a point to reboot whenever I change something in my settings. I tried the sysctl but I think its not installed in my box. Thanks a lot Doug --------------------------- Joel N. Eusebio Systems Administrator Philworld Online Pangasinan joel@pang.pworld.net.ph (075)5155535/(075)5230470 --------------------------- On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Doug Barton wrote: > Joel Eusebio wrote: > > > > I just want my FreeBSD box to be a gateway to the internet. I've set > > firewall_type to "open" to avoid any kind of restrictions but when I do a > > traceroute from one of my workstations who's gateway is the freebsd box I > > get all * * *. I have disabled natd since I won't be needing translation > > coz all the IP's I'm using are live. I've checked the > > /etc/defaults/rc.conf file and copied some of(what I think are important) > > to the /etc/rc.conf file but still the Freebsd box won't act as a gateway. > > What did I miss??? Thanks for your support. > > Did you reboot after you put the gateway option in your /etc/rc.conf? > If not, it wouldn't have been read yet. You can look in /etc/rc.network > to see what the rc.conf option would do. In this case, all you have to > do is: > > sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 > > as root. > > Good luck, > > Doug > -- > "Live free or die" > - State motto of my ancestral homeland, New Hampshire > > Do YOU Yahoo!? > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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