This is a neat trick I use to tunnel my internet traffic on my mac book through a ssh server. It involves setting up a socks proxy and connecting that to a ssh connection. It involves two steps. Which you can make aliases in your .bashrc (.zshrc) file and use them from terminal.
alias mac_sst_start='ssh -D 8080 -f -q -C -N usename@serveraddress' alias mac_proxy_on="sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy Wi-Fi localhost 8080" alias mac_proxy_off="sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Wi-Fi off"
The first command mac_sst_start starts a ssh server at the port 8080 and forwards all the internet traffic presented to it through the ssh server. When you run this, there will be a prompt for password which is the ssh account password in the server.
The second command mac_proxy_on changes the WiFi preference on the MacBook to use this port 8080 as a socks proxy and forward all the traffic to this proxy. This will also ask for password but this is the local MacBook password. Once these two are run, the internet is tunnelled through the server so if you check your ip, it will show up as the host’s ip. The third one is to switch off the proxy when you want to return to the normal internet connection.
I use this with my university servers which gives me access to my university resource from all over the world. I can access library, journal articles, servers in the university etc etc as if I am connected to my university network (just like a vpn).