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From: davea@wv.mentorg.com (Dave Arndt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,alt.winsock
Subject: Re: Routing Problem
Date: 21 Sep 1994 00:28:55 GMT
Organization: Mentor Graphics
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In article <35kaui$ph9@herald.indirect.com>, tsimes@bslnet.com (Thomas D. Simes) writes:
|> Hello all!
|> 
  [ Deleted ]
|> 
|> 1.  Switched from static table routing to RIP w/ routed
|> 2.  Set the gateway in winsock to the bsd box, our router,
|>     our provider's gateway - no luck.
|> 3.  Set routed flag to -s to force route broadcasting
|> 4.  Set up the router as passive and then active in /etc/gateways
|> 5.  Danced around box while waving magic voodo chicken
|> 
|> Anyway, if this sounds familiar to anyone out there, I sure
|> would appreciate a hint!  (So would our provider as I have
|> been driving them crazy with this since Fri)
|> 
|> Thomas D. Simes   "There can't be a crisis now, my schedule is full"
|> tsimes@bslnet.com     		-Henry Kissinger

  I expect this has been already done, but have you added 'options
GATEWAY' into your kernel config file to turn on IP forwarding?

Dave
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