To activate NAT on a Linux Box used as a router, just use the following line :
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
eth0 is the network interface able to access Internet directly
Then you can list the NAT entry in iptables with the following command
# iptables -t nat -L
You can get more details with:
# iptables -t nat -L -v
The conntrack tool also help to see what happen in the NAT
# conntrack -L --src-nat / --dst-nat