From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 31 16:16:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA20709 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 May 1996 16:16:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-2.mail.demon.net (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA20685 for ; Fri, 31 May 1996 16:16:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-2.mail.demon.net id ac04050; 1 Jun 96 0:15 +0100 Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa13366; 1 Jun 96 0:15 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.12) id UAA20107; Fri, 31 May 1996 20:21:38 GMT Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 20:21:38 GMT Message-Id: <199605312021.UAA20107@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: Gul@ngonet.be CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jhupp@gensys.com In-reply-to: <31AECC29.7848@ngonet.be> (message from Gunter Loos on Fri, 31 May 1996 12:38:33 +0200) Subject: Re: [Fwd: PPP Routing (again)] Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> Gunter Loos writes: > > Jeff Hupp wrote: > > > > Do you have 'options GATEWAY' in the kernel config or GATEWAY="YES" > > in /etc/sysconfig ? > > Nope, I didn't. > > But GREAT - it works! Thanks a *lot*. > > Now, can anybody tell me why this is necessary; and why it isn't in the docs? The first question is answered in question 10.2 of file://usr/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.html which should also answer your second question 8-) By the way, GATEWAY="YES" is the preferred way of doing this as 'options GATEWAY' has been removed from -current! -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland jraynard@dial.pipex.com james@jraynard.demon.co.uk