[NTLUG:Discuss] can not bring up all eth* on boot time?

[lee@brave.com]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, George E. Lass wrote:

> > >As for IP forwarding, are you sure that you have that configured
> > >into your kernel?
> >
> > The box has RH default package/kernal installation.
> > I think that should be configured in the kernel. am I right?
>
> You should be able to determine this by doing:
>
> ls -l /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
>
> if it is a zero length file then I'd guess forwarding is configured.
> if it a 1 byte file then I'd guess it was created when you did echo 1 >
> ........

I too am curious - is forwarding enabled by issuing "echo 1 > ip_foward"
only or *must* the kernel be recompiled to enable ip forwarding in
addition to having a "1" in your /proc/sys/ipv4/ip_forward file?

-- lee