diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
index 9ebdc9fc3a..ff38158148 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
@@ -2899,10 +2899,13 @@ water.CS.Example localhost.Example. UGH        34 47641234  lo0 -       0.438
 	  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