[Olsr-dev] olsrd IPv6 /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/forwarding

[Henning]

On Friday 10 June 2011 17:26:29 ZioPRoTo (Saverio Proto) wrote:
> >> At Ninux we noticed that olsrd (using 0.6.1) when running in IPv6 mode
> >> does not correctly set to 1 the IPv6 forwarding in the kernel
> >> 
> >> /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/forwarding
> >> 
> >> is this a known bug ?
> > 
> > Which kernel version are you using? Some of the flags are different,
> > depending on the linux kernel.
> 
> We are using the AirOS firmware that has a very old Kernel 2.6.15
> 
> here full output of uname
> Linux M5ConbipelConsoli 2.6.15-5.2 #9 Fri Jun 3 01:03:45 CEST 2011 mips
> unknown
Normally this proc variable should be set in linux/net.c, line 185. At least 
if your OLSRd runs in IPv6 mode.

Any idea why its not doing its job on your system?

Henning