Tell that setting gateway_enable="YES" will make a persistent

change after a reboot.

Also mention that one can use sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
to enable the gateway setting immediatly.

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If you want your FreeBSD SLIP Server to act as a router, you
will have to edit the <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> file and
change the setting of the <literal>gateway_enable</literal> variable
to <option>YES</option>.</para>
to <option>YES</option>. This will make sure that setting the
routing option will be persistent after a reboot.</para>
<para>You will then need to reboot for the new settings to take
effect.</para>
<para>To apply the settings immediatly you can execute the
following command as <username>root</username>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1</screen>
<para>Please refer to <xref linkend="kernelconfig"> on
Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel for help in