diff --git a/client/firewall/iptables/manager.go b/client/firewall/iptables/manager.go
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+package iptables
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/coreos/go-iptables/iptables"
+
+	fw "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall"
+)
+
+const (
+	chainFilterName = "NETBIRD-ACL"
+)
+
+// Manager of iptables firewall
+type Manager struct {
+	mutex   *sync.Mutex
+	ruleCnt int
+
+	ipv4Client *iptables.IPTables
+	ipv6Client *iptables.IPTables
+}
+
+// Create iptables firewall manager
+func Create() (*Manager, error) {
+	m := &Manager{}
+
+	// init clients for booth ipv4 and ipv6
+	ipv4Client, err := iptables.NewWithProtocol(iptables.ProtocolIPv4)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("iptables is not installed in the system or not supported")
+	}
+	m.ipv4Client = ipv4Client
+
+	ipv6Client, err := iptables.NewWithProtocol(iptables.ProtocolIPv6)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ip6tables is not installed in the system or not supported")
+	}
+	m.ipv6Client = ipv6Client
+
+	if err := m.Reset(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to reset firewall: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+// AddFiltering adds a filtering rule to the firewall
+func (m *Manager) AddFiltering(
+	ip net.IP,
+	port *fw.Port,
+	direction fw.Direction,
+	action fw.Action,
+	comment string,
+) (fw.Rule, error) {
+	m.mutex.Lock()
+	defer m.mutex.Unlock()
+	if port == nil || port.Values == nil || (port.IsRange && len(port.Values) != 2) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid port definition")
+	}
+	pv := strconv.Itoa(port.Values[0])
+	if port.IsRange {
+		pv += ":" + strconv.Itoa(port.Values[1])
+	}
+	specs := m.filterRuleSpecs("filter", "INPUT", ip, pv, direction, action, comment)
+	if err := m.client(ip).AppendUnique("filter", "INPUT", specs...); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	m.ruleCnt++
+	return &Rule{ruleNumber: m.ruleCnt, specs: specs, v6: ip.To4() == nil}, nil
+}
+
+// DeleteRule deletes a rule from the firewall
+func (m *Manager) DeleteRule(rule fw.Rule) error {
+	r, ok := rule.(*Rule)
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid rule type")
+	}
+	client := m.ipv4Client
+	if r.v6 {
+		client = m.ipv6Client
+	}
+	client.Delete("filter", chainFilterName, r.specs...)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Reset firewall to the default state
+func (m *Manager) Reset() error {
+	// clear chains from rules, if they doesn't exists create them
+	if err := m.ipv4Client.ClearChain("filter", chainFilterName); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := m.ipv6Client.ClearChain("filter", chainFilterName); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// filterRuleSpecs returns the specs of a filtering rule and its id
+//
+// id builded by hashing the table, chain and specs together
+func (m *Manager) filterRuleSpecs(
+	table string, chain string, ip net.IP, port string,
+	direction fw.Direction, action fw.Action, comment string,
+) (specs []string) {
+	if direction == fw.DirectionSrc {
+		specs = append(specs, "-s", ip.String())
+	}
+	specs = append(specs, "-p", "tcp", "--dport", port)
+	specs = append(specs, "-j", m.action(action))
+	return append(specs, "-m", comment)
+}
+
+// client returns corresponding iptables client for the given ip
+func (m *Manager) client(ip net.IP) *iptables.IPTables {
+	if ip.To4() != nil {
+		return m.ipv4Client
+	}
+	return m.ipv6Client
+}
+
+// action returns iptables action string for the given action
+func (m *Manager) action(action fw.Action) string {
+	if action == fw.ActionAccept {
+		return "ACCEPT"
+	}
+	return "DROP"
+}