Re: IP masq/route question

Ken wrote:

> getting a "connection error". I noticed in webmin under the routing that
> the option to "act as router" was defaulted to "no". Would I be correct
> in saying that that setting needed to be "yes" in order for it to allow
> my desktop PC's MSN traffic thru?

Why don't you try it out?

And yes[1], it should be set "yes".

[1] Disclaimer: I don't use webmin, but i'm making the educated guess that
that option sets /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward to "1"...

-Timo

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