Enable IP Forwarding on Ubuntu 13.04

This howto guide outlines the steps to enable IP forwarding on Ubuntu 13.04. This is required if you want your system to act as a router. Check the current setting: $ sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward This should output a 0 or a 1 depending on if it is already enabled or not. eg: the following shows where ip forwarding is disabled $ sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 Enable the kernel option for IP forwarding: $ sudo sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 eg: $ sudo sysctl…

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