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Enabling IP Routing

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Routing is turned on by default only if Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) or the Bluetooth gateway configuration utility is used. You can enable IP routing manually if you do not use this component or module.

Security Note   Enabling routing can potentially compromise network security. Ensure you understand the IPv4 or IPv6 security consequences of enabling routing on the device.

To enable IPv4 routing

  1. In the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Tcpip\Parms registry key, change the IPEnableRouter value to 1 (True).

    Setting this value to 1 causes the system to route IP packets between the networks to which it is connected.

  2. Reboot the device.

To enable IPv6 routing

  1. At a command prompt, type ipv6 ifc Ifindex forwards, where Ifindex is the index number of the interface in which to enable forwarding.
  2. Press ENTER.

See Also

Managing Routes

 Last updated on Tuesday, May 18, 2004

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