You need to ensure that options GATEWAY is enabled in your kernel
	build.

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On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, john simon wrote:

> 
> I suppose this is a VERY FAQ, but since our news server
> is down and I couldn't find appropriate answer in
> 386bsd-faq.
> 
> I'm running a SS1+ with NetBSD-1.2. It has a secondary
> ethernet card, and I want to set it up as a network router.
> result of "ifconfig -a" is like this.
> 
> 
> le0: flags=a863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,LINK1,MULTICAST>
>         inet 143.248.173.51 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 143.248.173.255
> le1: flags=a863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,LINK1,MULTICAST>
>         inet 143.248.187.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 143.248.187.255
> lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST>
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
> sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST>
> ...
> 
> AND, as in 386bsd-faq, I tried "sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding = 1"
> and even tried to recompile the kernel, but still it doesn't work.
> Some lines from "netstat -rn" are like this.
> 
> default          143.248.173.1      UGS         2      835      -  le0
> 127.0.0.1        127.0.0.1          UH          1        5      -  lo0
> 143.248.173      link#1             UC          0        0      -  le0
> 143.248.173.51   127.0.0.1          UGHS        1       25      -  lo0
> 143.248.173.255  link#1             UHL         1      278      -  le0
> 143.248.187      link#2             UC          0        0      -  le1
> 143.248.187.1    8:0:20:a:57:b1     UHL         0        1      -  lo0
> 143.248.187.100  0:0:e8:2b:35:fb    UHL         0        0      -  le1
> 143.248.187.101  link#2             UHL         1     1801      -  le1
> 143.248.187.103  2:60:8c:6d:3:1f    UHL         1    13710      -  le1
> 143.248.187.255  link#2             UHL         1       35      -  le1
> 
> 173.* is the primary net, and 187.* is secondary(internal) net.
> there seems to be nothing wrong, but still it doesn't work.
> routed is NOT having "-q" option. I even tried "-s -g" option.
> nothing works. please help me. I'm in very urgent need.
> 
> --
> john simon
> simon@monami.kaist.ac.kr
>