On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 11:17 +0200, Juan L. Pastor wrote: > On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 10:54, Paul Howarth wrote: > > > My network setup is a Fedora Core 2 (192.168.1.2) and a Windows 2000 > > > (192.168.1.3) boxes connected to two ports in an ADSL router > > > (192.168.1.1). I guess I don't need IP forwarding on my linux machine. I > > > know that with the command "echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" I > > > can turn it off. > > > > > > What is the right place to add this command to keep it on reboot? > > > rc.local? > > > > > > Can it be turned off through any configuration tool? > > > > Just add a line > > > > net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 > > > > to /etc/sysctl.conf if it's not already there (which it usually is by default). > > It is, but somehow (maybe when iptables is started?) > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward=1 > > Juan > > -- > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. What are you using to start iptables? If you are using a script as opposed to /etc/sysconfig/iptables, your script is probably setting ip_forward to 1. Ted
