Re: Using two Ethernet cards under SCO Unix ?

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From: Andrew Knutsen
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1992 20:20

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fitz@wang.com (Tom Fitzgerald) writes:
>SCO works ok as a router, though it isn't a very fast one.  In fact, I
>don't know of any way to turn off routing in the kernel (though you can
>disable the routing daemon).  Even if the machine only has a single
>interface, if it gets a mis-addressed packet, SCO will attempt to route it.

	Old versions of TCP (up to 1.13) require the kernel variable
"ipforwarding" to be set to (long)0 to disable forwarding.  In new versions
(2.0 and above), it is 0 by default (as per HR) and you will be asked when
you add the second interface (using netconfig) whether you want to forward.

Andrew

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