[CentOS] Networking question
Thomas Dukes
tdukes at sc.rr.com
Fri Sep 9 00:55:35 UTC 2011
> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of David G. Miller
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 9:47 AM
> To: centos at centos.org
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Networking question
>
> <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.
>
Hi Dave,
If this works out I will post it. If I can find a router or switch with a
USB connection, I think it would work. I would like to keep the local
network wired. Probably can make it work if eth0 is wireless.
I was wrong in the previous post about the u/d rate. What I was seeing was
the transfer from my iphone to my laptop. Sorry.
Eddie
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