[CentOS] Networking question
David G. Miller
dave at davenjudy.org
Thu Sep 8 13:47:16 UTC 2011
<tdukes at ...> writes:
<Lots deleted>
> After checking with Verizon on their mobile Hotspot plans, it isn't feasible.
However, I can do it through
> my unlimited data plan for my iPhone. 3G is faster than the Road Runner
service I have.
>
> If I use the IPhone, I can use a USB connection. My centos machine acts as my
firewall/gateway on my wired
> network so the question now is, if I use the USB connection to my centos
machine will that bypass the firewall?
>
> Thanks
>
That mainly depends on how the USB data connection to your iPhone shows up on
the Linux box. If the iPhone shows up as a network connection (i.e., it's a
peer and you have networking over USB) then you just need to make sure that data
on that connection still goes through IPtables. If the iPhone just shows up as
a mass storage device, you'll first have to figure out how to get it to show up
as a peer.
I'm interested in whether you can make this work since I will need a similar
capability (smart phone acting as Internet gateway) in the near future.
Cheers,
Dave
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