saving ip_foward value 1

[RandyRiegel]

I'm running RH Fedora Core 2. I have adjusted my iptable settings to turn NAT on. Everything works fine except when I reboot the computer on it has internet access. I have to do the following to turn on IP forwarding in order for nat to work. I can I get ip forwarding to stay on even when rebooting machine?

I do the following to turn ip forwarding on:

echo 1 > /sys/proc/net/ipv4/ip_forward

Can I put this in a startup file somewhere? I haven't delt to much with having things happen on startup in Linux so this is problem something really simple I'm overlooking.

Randy

 

[sleipnir214]

Most sources I've read advise one to edit /etc/sysctl.conf

There is a line in there that probably reads:

net.ipv4.ip_forwarding = 0


Change that line to read

net.ipv4.ip_forwarding = 1


You may need to restart your system for this to take effect.



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[RandyRiegel]

Worked perfect, thanks!

Randy