Oracle Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Manual

xxx:ip_forwarding (Solaris 9 Releases)

This parameter is obsolete in the Solaris 10 release.

Description

Enables IPv4 forwarding for a particular xxx interface. The exact name of the parameter is interface-name:ip_forwarding. For example, two interfaces are hme0 and hme1. Here are their corresponding parameter names:

hme0:ip_forwarding and hme1:ip_forwarding

Default

0 (disabled)

Range

0 (disabled) or 1 (enabled)

Dynamic?

Yes

When to Change

If you need IPv4 forwarding, use this parameter to enable forwarding on a per-interface basis.

Commitment Level

Unstable