[wplug] USB internet sharing / SSH tunnel?

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http://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=11785&st=15

i never knew there were so many nifty hacks for this pda....wow

On 7/2/06, Eric Cooper <ecc at cmu.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 09:32:02PM -0700, Shane Liesegang wrote:
> > I've got a PDA running Linux (an old Sharp Zaurus) connected to my PC
> > (running Ubuntu at the moment). The USB networking is fine and dandy,
> > and both machines can ping each other and SSH to each other. The problem
> > is getting the PDA to see the internet at large. After a few disastrous
> > attempts at bridging the USB connection to the Ethernet, I'm starting to
> > wonder if there's a better way.
>
> Here's how I get my Zaurus on the net:
>
> /etc/network/interfaces:
>     ...
>     allow-hotplug usb0
>     iface usb0 inet static
>             address 192.168.129.1
>             netmask 255.255.255.0
>             up /root/zaurus.sh
>
> /root/zaurus.sh (must be executable):
>     #!/bin/sh
>     iptables -t nat -F
>     iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
>     sysctl -w net/ipv4/ip_forward=1
>
> This should set up the routing automatically when you put the Z in its
> cradle.  (There should probably be a "down ..." line in the usb0
> stanza that undoes the iptables entries, but I've never bothered.)
>
> --
> Eric Cooper             e c c @ c m u . e d u
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