how do you configure linux system as a router?


Answer Posted / saurendra prasad,kaizen it ser

Enable packet forwarding For that we should
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
apply the above command

Make it permanent by adding "net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1"
to /etc/sysctl.conf

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