In NT, it's just a checkbox on the "Routing" tab of the protocol
properties for TCP/IP (probably also for IPX if you have that protocol
installed, which I belive NT did by default).
  In 2K, Microsoft removed it from the UI to keep users from playing with
it; the only way they provide to set it is via the registry.

  IF you are using Internet Connection Sharing, it *may* need to be enabled
on the machine that has the outside connection -- if it is, the ICS install
procedure should turn it on.  It might also get turned on if you decide to
install the optional RIP network service, which is used by some routers to
share network topology information.

David Gillett


On 17 Dec 2003 at 0:18, Michael A. Wosnick wrote:

> David,
>
> How in fact do you enable or disable. I have noticed that one of my
> computers (Win2Kpro) has IP Routing Enabled = YES, while my others (one
> Win2kpro, the other XP pro) have it NO. I never set these parameters one way
> or the other as far as I can tell. Is there some setting somewhere that I
> can access that changes the state form Y to N or vice versa?
>
> Michael
>
>
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>
> > I ran ipconfig/all and find that IP routing is not enabled on either
> > computer, is that a problem.
>
>   OSes in the NT/2K/XP line include the capability to act as routers.
> Almost nobody should ever need to enable this; it might be required for a
> few network firewall applications or hosting remote dial-up.
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