On Mon, 25 Apr 1994 07:29:34 -0700 (PDT) 
 Henry Hwong <henryh@well.sf.ca.us> wrote:

 > Is there a way to configure NetBSD 0.9 to act as a router? We are trying
 > to use our NetBSD box as our gateway to the Internet, but it is refusing
 > to forward packets to our SLIP connection. According to the Stevens book
 > TCP/IP Illustrated Vol. 1, this is normal. It says, though, that you need
 > to change a kernel parameter in order to change the aformentioned behavior.
 > How do you do it with NetBSD 0.9? Will we need to retrieve the kernel 
 > sources and recompile?
 > 
 > -Henry (henryh@well.sf.ca.us)


You're gonna need to have 'options GATEWAY' in your kernel in order to 
act as a router.  I used a NetBSD box for a _LONG_ time (very reliably) 
as a SLIP-to-ethernet router...I used gated, btw...

Later...

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