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Re: [Xen-users] Configuring a local bridge

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Configuring a local bridge
From: Jens Seidel <jensseidel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:04:22 +0200
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On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 03:47:00PM +0100, Geoff Kirk wrote:
> Hi
> 
> >I still can't get out of that box to the big internet, but I suspect
> >  
> >that is a problem with my own firewall script.
> >  
> >  
> >  
> Have you got this enabled?
> 
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

Right, you need this and probably also:
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
 
Don't forgot to deactivate your firewall during the test to ensure it's
not a wrong firewall configuration which prevents you from accessing the
internet.

Jens

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