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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!dimensional.com!not-for-mail From: monachus@dimensional.com (Monachus Silentium) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Routing problem with BSD Date: 30 Jul 1996 14:17:45 GMT Organization: Dimensional Communications Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4tl5i9$95n@quasar.dimensional.com> References: <4tkbds$62k@quasar.dimensional.com> <4tkg0j$2mb@typo.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blackhole.dimensional.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] BOFH (web@typo.org) wrote: : : Bets are your system doesn't know its supposed to be routing at all. : : Try this: : : sysctl -m net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 : that seems to get me one step further. my win95 machine (206.27.146.33) is now able to ping some things on my ISP's network (206.27.158.x), but only a select few. everything else times out, including his nameserver and his gateway (206.27.158.10, 206.27.158.1), which doesn't really make much sense.... thanks for the start, though - that seems to be the right direction. any other thoughts on the new development? also, how can i have my machine perform forwarding as default? i seem to have overlooked it in the kernel compile or wherever it's located. monachus@pagan.net admin@softsolut.com