Subject: Re: MOL and YDL 1.2.1 / networking
From: R Shapiro (reshapiro@mediaone.net)
Date: Sat Nov 11 2000 - 18:04:55 MST
Quentin Mason writes:
> > If you're running the new initscripts you should configure this in
> > /etc/sysctl.conf instead of using the echo:
> [snip]
>
> Am I correct in thinking that whether you ought to be doing the echo et.
> al. depends on which kernel you have ?
No, only on which initscripts you have installed. If you have 5.35,
it handles /etc/sysctl.conf (in rc.sysinit). This is where you should
put:
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
net.ipv4.ip_dynaddr = 1
That's assuming your kernel supports sysctl (it probably does).
If you're running an earlier release of initscripts you can put the
echo lines in rc.local or wherever you want them.
The arp stuff you can get rid of altogether. It happens automatically
now (according to Samuel). All you need is the ifconfig, to set up
the tap0 device, and the route, to set up the pseudo-router on tap0.
Note that you don't need a /dev node for tap0 anymore, just the
ifconfig.
-- reshapiro@mediaone.net
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