#!/bin/sh # # internet connection sharing wlan0 is the gate way # eth0 is the lan port this might use a straight ethernet cable to a router wan port or a switch or a single PC # 192.168.2.2 is the port that is being used by the lan for access I changed it to 192.168.2.254 and set fixed # addresses for the wan and router # # change wlan0 to ppp0 and you can use this for mobile broadband connection sharing # ip link set dev eth0 up ip addr add 192.168.2.1/24 dev eth0 sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o wlan0 -s 192.168.2.0/24 -j MASQUERADE iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i wlan0 -p tcp --dport 3074 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.2.2 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i wlan0 -p udp -m multiport --dports 88,3074 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.2.2 iptables -A FORWARD -i wlan0 -d 192.168.2.2 -p tcp --dport 3074 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i wlan0 -d 192.168.2.2 -p udp -m multiport --dports 88,3074 -j ACCEPT
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If things go wrong, the following script should save you when things get badly messed up.
#!/bin/sh # # rc.flush-iptables - Resets iptables to default values. # # Copyright (C) 2001 Oskar Andreasson# # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program or from the site that you downloaded it # from; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple # Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA # # Configurations # IPTABLES="/usr/sbin/iptables" # # reset the default policies in the filter table. # $IPTABLES -P INPUT ACCEPT $IPTABLES -P FORWARD ACCEPT $IPTABLES -P OUTPUT ACCEPT # # reset the default policies in the nat table. # $IPTABLES -t nat -P PREROUTING ACCEPT $IPTABLES -t nat -P POSTROUTING ACCEPT $IPTABLES -t nat -P OUTPUT ACCEPT # # reset the default policies in the mangle table. # $IPTABLES -t mangle -P PREROUTING ACCEPT $IPTABLES -t mangle -P POSTROUTING ACCEPT $IPTABLES -t mangle -P INPUT ACCEPT $IPTABLES -t mangle -P OUTPUT ACCEPT $IPTABLES -t mangle -P FORWARD ACCEPT # # flush all the rules in the filter and nat tables. # $IPTABLES -F $IPTABLES -t nat -F $IPTABLES -t mangle -F # # erase all chains that's not default in filter and nat table. # $IPTABLES -X $IPTABLES -t nat -X $IPTABLES -t mangle -X