-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of David G. Miller Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 9:47 AM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Networking question
<tdukes@...> writes:
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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