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@@ -121,6 +121,19 @@ You can delete it with the following command:
 ip route del <OWNNET>
 ```
 
+## Start babeld
+
+If you use a system with Systemd, you can use it to start:
+```
+sudo systemctl start babeld
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can start babel with the following command:
+```
+babeld -c <config>
+```
+`<config>` will be replaced with the path to the configuration file.
+
 ## Kernel parameters
 
 Once babeld is started, forwarding is enabled in the kernel for IPv4 and IPv6. As soon as babeld is stopped, forwarding is deactivated again. A separate enabling like with bird is not necessary. So if you use babeld, you can ignore the steps of [IPv6 forwarding](../forwarding).