Send '1' from: # ip netns exec Int bash # echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/forwarding Returned: cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/forwarding 0 # exit I also want to note that if you include the physical interface, it disappears from: /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/ The same is true in ipv4