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Clarify IPFORWARDING option; it takes a value.

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.\" $NetBSD: options.4,v 1.69 1999/01/01 19:02:54 msaitoh Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: options.4,v 1.70 1999/02/12 17:44:28 cjs Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996
.\" Perry E. Metzger. All rights reserved.
@ -861,11 +861,16 @@ such as
.Tn CLNP
or
.Tn XNS ) .
.It Cd options IPFORWARDING
Enables IP routing behavior.
With this option enabled, the machine
will forward IP datagrams between its interfaces that are destined for
other machines.
.It Cd options IPFORWARDING=value
If
.Em value
is 1 this enables IP routing behavior. If
.Em value
is 0 (the default), it disables it. The
.Em GATEWAY
option sets this to 1 automatically.
With this option enabled, the machine will forward IP datagrams destined
for other machines between its interfaces.
Note that even without this option, the kernel will
still forward some packets (such as source routed packets) -- removing
.Em GATEWAY