[CentOS] Networking question

[Thomas Dukes]

> -----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