diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fbcaeff..8e38399 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -38,5 +38,9 @@ RUN chmod +x /set-env-vars.sh
 COPY ./scripts/health-check.sh /health-check.sh
 RUN chmod +x /health-check.sh
 
+# TEST
+COPY ./scripts/debug/host-setup-docker.sh /host-setup-docker.sh
+RUN chmod +x /host-setup-docker.sh
+
 # Add healthcheck
 HEALTHCHECK CMD /health-check.sh || exit 1
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e18ddf3..ea5ad1b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,18 @@ services:
       - XBEE_INDEX=1
       - XBEE_BAUDRATE=230400
       - XBEE_PORT=/dev/ttyUSB0
-      - XBNET_BASE_SUBNET=2.2.2
+      - XBNET_BASE_SUBNET=172.18.0
       - XBNET_INTERFACE_TYPE=router
-      - XBNET_PROTO=tap
-    command: bash /entrypoint.sh
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+      - XBNET_PROTO=tun
+    command: bash /entrypoint.sh
+    networks:
+      eth0:
+        ipv4_address: 172.18.0.100
+
+networks:
+  # Assigning a static IP to eth0 interface, so that it stays the same everytime the container is started
+  eth0:
+    ipam:
+      config:
+        - subnet: 172.18.0.0/24
+          gateway: 172.18.0.1 
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diff --git a/scripts/debug/host-setup-docker.sh b/scripts/debug/host-setup-docker.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dc9c2b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/debug/host-setup-docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# IP forwarding and NAT rules
+
+# Default host IP
+HOST_IP=""
+
+# Parse command line argument for --host-ip
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    case $arg in
+        --host-ip=*)
+        HOST_IP="${arg#*=}"
+        shift
+        ;;
+        *)
+        echo "Unknown argument: $arg"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# If HOST_IP is not set, fetch the IP address of the eth0 interface
+if [ -z "$HOST_IP" ]; then
+    HOST_IP=$(ip -4 addr show eth0 | grep -oP '(?<=inet\s)\d+(\.\d+){3}')
+    if [ -z "$HOST_IP" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Could not retrieve IP from eth0"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "No --host-ip provided. Using eth0 IP: $HOST_IP"
+else
+    echo "Using provided --host-ip: $HOST_IP"
+fi
+
+# Enable IP forwarding
+echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
+
+# Set iptables rules for NAT and forwarding
+iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 2.2.2.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
+iptables -A FORWARD -i xbnet_router_1 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT
+iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o xbnet_router_1 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
+
+# Ensure the xbnet_router_1 interface has a default route through eth0
+ip route add default via $(ip -4 addr show eth0 | grep -oP '(?<=inet\s)\d+(\.\d+){3}') dev xbnet_router_1
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/debug/test.py b/scripts/debug/test.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..44f54cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/debug/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import serial
+import subprocess
+
+# Set up serial connection (adjust serial port to match your configuration)
+ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyUSB0', 230400)
+
+# Function to send command to XBee
+def send_command(command):
+    ser.write((command + '\r\n').encode())
+
+# Function to ping from the Raspberry Pi
+def ping_address(address):
+    response = subprocess.run(['ping', '-c', '5', address], capture_output=True)
+    return response.stdout.decode()
+
+# Example usage
+send_command('Hello XBee')  # Sending data to XBee
+print(ping_address('8.8.8.8'))  # Pinging Google DNS from Pi
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diff --git a/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
index 18b346b..a91b923 100755
--- a/scripts/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ loop() {
         fi
 
         # Log messages sent and received over xbnet
-        # log_xbnet_messages
+        log_xbnet_messages
         
         sleep 0.5
     done
@@ -72,11 +72,14 @@ create_tap_interface() {
     done
 
     # Create and bring up xbnet interface
+    ip route add default via 172.18.0.1 dev $XBNET_INTERFACE_NAME
     ip addr add $XBNET_IP/24 dev $XBNET_INTERFACE_NAME
     ip link set $XBNET_INTERFACE_NAME up
+    ip link show $XBNET_INTERFACE_NAME
+    ip addr show $XBNET_INTERFACE_NAME
 
     echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-    echo "***************** Tap interface created *****************"
+    echo "************ ${XBNET_PROTO} interface created ************"
     echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
     echo "XBEE_INDEX                : ${XBEE_INDEX}"                
     echo "XBEE_BAUDRATE             : ${XBEE_BAUDRATE}"             
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ create_tap_interface() {
     echo "XBNET_BASE_SUBNET         : ${XBNET_BASE_SUBNET}"         
     echo "XBNET_IP                  : ${XBNET_IP}"                  
     echo "XBNET_INTERFACE_NAME      : ${XBNET_INTERFACE_NAME}"      
+    echo "XBNET_PROTO               : ${XBNET_PROTO}"     
     echo "XBNET_DEFAULT_GATEWAY     : ${XBNET_DEFAULT_GATEWAY}"     
     echo "XBNET_DEFAULT_IPVLAN_IP   : ${XBNET_DEFAULT_IPVLAN_IP}"   
     echo "XBNET_DEFAULT_MACVLAN_IP  : ${XBNET_DEFAULT_MACVLAN_IP}"  
@@ -154,9 +158,9 @@ log_packet_info() {
     length=$(cat /sys/class/net/$XBNET_INTERFACE_NAME/statistics/tx_bytes)
     echo "Length: ${length} bytes"
 
-    # Placeholder for payload (not feasible to extract without raw packet inspection)
-    echo "Payload: [Payload extraction requires raw packet inspection tools]"
-    echo "******************************************************************"
+    # # Placeholder for payload (not feasible to extract without raw packet inspection)
+    # echo "Payload: [Payload extraction requires raw packet inspection tools]"
+    # echo "******************************************************************"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/serial b/serial
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/subprocess b/subprocess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29