> The reason is that the introduction of ip_forwarding into 2.0.30 was a
> "accident", the patch was never intended for a release kernel. 2.1 had already
> gone its own way. Please note that the semantics are different too:
> 2.1 ip_forward uses the SNMP IPv4 MIB values 1 no routing 2 routing, while
> 2.0 ip_forwarding is just a boolean (0 = no routing, != 0 routing). The 2.1
> way is "right", while 2.0 was just a quick hack.
Ungh? By default, it is '2', which seems to mean 'no routing'. Indeed,
my router does not work until I set it to '1'. Is the source backwards,
or is your MIB knowledge backwards? :D
Jason
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