<term><varname>IPMasquerade=</varname></term>
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<para>Configures IP masquerading for the network interface. If enabled, packets forwarded
- from the network interface will be appear as coming from the local host. Takes one of
- <literal>ipv4</literal>, <literal>ipv6</literal>, <literal>both</literal>, or
- <literal>no</literal>. Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
- <para>Note. Any positive boolean values such as <literal>yes</literal> or
- <literal>true</literal> are now deprecated. Please use one of the values above.</para>
+ from the network interface will be appear as coming from the local host. Typically, this should be
+ enabled on the downstream interface of routers. Takes one of <literal>ipv4</literal>,
+ <literal>ipv6</literal>, <literal>both</literal>, or <literal>no</literal>. Defaults to
+ <literal>no</literal>. Note. Any positive boolean values such as <literal>yes</literal> or
+ <literal>true</literal> are now deprecated. Please use one of the values above. Specifying
+ <literal>ipv4</literal> or <literal>both</literal> implies <varname>IPv4Forwarding=</varname>,
+ unless it is explicitly specified. Similary for <varname>IPv6Forwarding=</varname> when
+ <literal>ipv6</literal> or <literal>both</literal> is specified. These implications are only on
+ this interface. Hence, to make the IP packet forwarding works,
+ <varname>IPv4Forwarding=</varname>/<varname>IPv6Forwarding=</varname> need to be enabled on an
+ upstream interface, or globally enabled by specifying them in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ See <varname>IPv4Forwarding=</varname>/<varname>IPv6Forwarding=</varname> in the above for more
+ details.</para>
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distributed. See <varname>DHCPPrefixDelegation=</varname> setting and the [IPv6SendRA],
[IPv6Prefix], [IPv6RoutePrefix], and [DHCPPrefixDelegation] sections for more configuration
options.</para>
+ <para>If enabled, <varname>IPv6Forwarding=</varname> on this interface is also enabled, unless
+ the setting is explicitly specified. See <varname>IPv6Forwarding=</varname> in the above for more
+ details.</para>
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