I think the problem is actually in your /etc/rc.config file. I have experienced this same problem. There is an option in rc.config that controls the contents of the ip_forward file upon booting up ... either 0 or 1. Of course you could always add "echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" to boot.local and that should do it too. :) -----Original Message----- From: quintaq@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:quintaq@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 6:30 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] Simple masquerading setup Hi, For reasons I will not bore you with, I need a very simple masquerading setup. According to the sample firewall config supplied with SuSe 7, my needs can be met by the combination of just two commands : (a) "echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward", (b) "ipchains -A forward -j MASQ -i ppp0" These commands work just fine when entered from the keyboard. Can anyone tell me where I should put them to have them execute automatically at boot-time ? I tried adding them to boot.local, but they do not appear to execute - masquerading is not available when I put them there. Thanks in anticipation, Geoff _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq