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Enabling Linux to work as a router

Manually (you will have to do this every time the system boots):

# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

Automatically: add this to /etc/sysctl.conf:

# Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

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