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by **Stefan Witz** » Fri, 07 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Is there a difference between OPTION GATEWAY in the config file and the
parameter net.inet.ip.forwarding of sysctl ?

Thanks in advance.

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by **James Rayna** » Fri, 07 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>Is there a difference between OPTION GATEWAY in the config file and the
>parameter net.inet.ip.forwarding of sysctl ?

The difference is that the GATEWAY option is no longer supported in
the development code; where it is supported (in 2.1.0-release) it
requires a kernel re-compile and reboot every time you want to change
it.

Hence you should always use the sysctl command.

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by **Jordan K. Hubbar** » Sat, 08 Jun 1996 04:00:00

> Is there a difference between OPTION GATEWAY in the config file and the
> parameter net.inet.ip.forwarding of sysctl ?

Yes, `options GATEWAY' is obsolete and dead.
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