Last two lines are not valid keys -- set invidually of course the timeouts are fine, not sure where this meta-key comes into play. cat /etc/sysctl.conf net.ipv4.conf.default.arp_ignore=1 net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore=1 net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=1 net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses=1 net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout=30 net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time=120 net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1 net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps=0 net.ipv4.ip_conntrack_tcp_timeouts="300 43200 120 60 120 120 10 60 30 120" net.ipv4.ip_conntrack_udp_timeouts="60 180" $ sysctl -p root@OpenWrt:~# sysctl -p kernel.panic = 3 net.ipv4.conf.default.arp_ignore = 1 net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore = 1 net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1 net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses = 1 net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout = 30 net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 120 net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1 net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 0 sysctl: error: 'net.ipv4.ip_conntrack_tcp_timeouts' is an unknown key sysctl: error: 'net.ipv4.ip_conntrack_udp_timeouts' is an unknown key