thanks, I forgot to mention I do have this set on both the client and router, still doesnt work. something is fishie, I went home frustrated and used my 2 laptops, one running mint linux, wirelessly, with a ethernet port (as the router) and one running fedora 18 as the client and got it to route -- ie ping yahoo.com. Go figure. On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:55 PM, zoom itman <rummymobile@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Gary Artim <gartim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I have a problems using a patch cable and trying to route though >> another machine > > > This might help, on the machine doing the forwarding: > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > Then, set net.ipv4.ip_forward to 1 in /etc/sysctl.conf so it persists > over reboots. > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
