Tag Archives: routing

Linux: Enable IP Forwarding

November 23rd, 2013

If you would like to turn a Linux machine into a router or a VPN server you will need to enable the IP Forwarding (aka routing) functionality as a first step. This functionality requires you to have at least 2 Ethernet interfaces connected to different networks or subnets.

Enable IP Routing On Solaris

September 30th, 2010

IP routing or IP forwarding is the process of routing packets between the network interfaces on a system with routing capabilities. While routing is usually the job of a network router, a server running on any recent version of UNIX can perform this action as well.