On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Fajar Priyanto wrote:

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> Thanks James, it did it.
> 
> However, just out of curiousity:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] sysconfig]# cat network
> NETWORKING=yes
> FORWARD_IPV4="no"
> HOSTNAME=mdk.sistek.kom
> DOMAINNAME=sistek.kom
> GATEWAY=""
> GATEWAYDEV=""
> 
> Why FORWARD_IP4="no"?
> Because it is an internet connection sharing box, shouldn't IP
> Forwarding is set to "yes"? However, the ICS goes fine. I set it up
> using gShield (firewall builder).

As it turns out, forwarding can be turned on in two different files - that 
one, and /etc/sysctl.conf ... gShield probably uses the latter, or turns 
it on directly by writing to /proc. You can set "yes" here if you like. :)

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