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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Heeeelllllllpppppp - routing problem
Date: 17 Aug 1996 11:33:29 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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Alek Argirov <a@cyvox.net.au> wrote:

> input	->	sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding
> 
> returns	->	net.inet.forwarding = 1
> 
> Which means IP packet forwading is enabled.  No?

It is, indeed.  So now, are you sure gateway.foo.com is even willing
to route packetes destined for ppp.foo.com through dialin.foo.com?
Are you sure ppp.foo.com is routing packets destined for gateway.foo.com
through dialin.foo.com?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)