<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