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From: Aseem Rastogi <aseem@india.tejasnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: IP  Forwarding
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 18:41:29 +0530
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To: Jerry Alexander <jerrya@airmail.net>
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did you enable ip forwarding ?

try "echo 1> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward".

regards,
aseem.

Jerry Alexander wrote:

> Dear NF:
>
>          I cannot get IPTABLES FORWARDing to work when the machines 
> are directly
> connected via a twisted cable.
>         Does FORWARDing only work with a router between the machines 
> in question?
>         If not, how can I get it to work?   I see the packets coming 
> into the box(ethereal)
> but none going out.
>         Can someone give me a quick overview of how, at the kernel 
> code level,
> how FORWARDing works and how to modify it to get two machines who are 
> directly
> connected to work.
>
>
>                                                                                     
> Jerry
>
>
>


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