diff --git a/aws-greengrass-testing-features/aws-greengrass-testing-features-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/features/ConnectivitySteps.java b/aws-greengrass-testing-features/aws-greengrass-testing-features-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/features/ConnectivitySteps.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0b675e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws-greengrass-testing-features/aws-greengrass-testing-features-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/features/ConnectivitySteps.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package com.aws.greengrass.testing.features;
+
+import com.aws.greengrass.testing.platform.Platform;
+import io.cucumber.guice.ScenarioScoped;
+import io.cucumber.java.After;
+import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+@ScenarioScoped
+public class ConnectivitySteps {
+    private final Platform platform;
+    private boolean offline = false;
+
+    @Inject
+    @SuppressWarnings("MissingJavadocMethod")
+    public ConnectivitySteps(Platform platform) {
+          this.platform = platform;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Blocks the traffic on ports 443, 8888, 8889 when the connectivity parameter is "offline" and
+     * re-enables traffic on the ports when it is "online".
+     *
+     * @param connectivity desired connectivity status ("offline", "online")
+     * @throws IOException          {throws IOException}
+     * @throws InterruptedException {throws IInterruptedException}
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException {throws UnsupportedOperationException}
+     */
+    @When("the device network connectivity is {word}")
+    public void setDeviceNetwork(final String connectivity) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        switch (connectivity.toLowerCase()) {
+            case "offline":
+                platform.getNetworkUtils().disconnectNetwork();
+                break;
+            case "online":
+                platform.getNetworkUtils().recoverNetwork();
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Connectivity " + connectivity + " is not supported");
+        }
+
+        offline = "offline".equalsIgnoreCase(connectivity);
+    }
+
+    @After
+    private void teardown() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        if (offline) {
+            platform.getNetworkUtils().recoverNetwork();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/aws-greengrass-testing-features/aws-greengrass-testing-features-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/features/DeploymentSteps.java b/aws-greengrass-testing-features/aws-greengrass-testing-features-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/features/DeploymentSteps.java
index fbf47d4b..546e1165 100644
--- a/aws-greengrass-testing-features/aws-greengrass-testing-features-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/features/DeploymentSteps.java
+++ b/aws-greengrass-testing-features/aws-greengrass-testing-features-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/features/DeploymentSteps.java
@@ -397,4 +397,5 @@ void checkADeploymentReachesCompleted(GreengrassV2Lifecycle ggv2, String deploym
             Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
         }
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/pom.xml b/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/pom.xml
index 88441f84..90fb8c4d 100644
--- a/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/pom.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@
             <version>2.13.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/NetworkUtils.java b/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/NetworkUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..840e9d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/NetworkUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package com.aws.greengrass.testing.platform;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public abstract class NetworkUtils {
+    protected static final String[] MQTT_PORTS = {"8883", "443"};
+    // 8888 and 8889 are used by the squid proxy which runs on a remote DUT
+    // and need to disable access to test offline proxy scenarios
+    protected static final String[] NETWORK_PORTS = {"443", "8888", "8889"};
+    protected static final int[] GG_UPSTREAM_PORTS = {8883, 8443, 443};
+    protected static final int SSH_PORT = 22;
+    protected final List<Integer> blockedPorts = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    public abstract void disconnectNetwork() throws InterruptedException, IOException;
+
+    public abstract void recoverNetwork() throws InterruptedException, IOException;
+
+}
diff --git a/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/Platform.java b/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/Platform.java
index 7eb5a0cd..04e2a7fd 100644
--- a/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/Platform.java
+++ b/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/Platform.java
@@ -9,4 +9,10 @@ public interface Platform {
     Commands commands();
 
     PlatformFiles files();
+
+    default NetworkUtils getNetworkUtils() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");
+    }
+
 }
+
diff --git a/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/linux/LinuxPlatform.java b/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/linux/LinuxPlatform.java
index 19db0728..1cf4ddb9 100644
--- a/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/linux/LinuxPlatform.java
+++ b/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/linux/LinuxPlatform.java
@@ -8,14 +8,24 @@
 import com.aws.greengrass.testing.api.device.Device;
 import com.aws.greengrass.testing.api.model.PillboxContext;
 import com.aws.greengrass.testing.platform.AbstractPlatform;
+import com.aws.greengrass.testing.platform.NetworkUtils;
 
 public class LinuxPlatform extends AbstractPlatform {
+
+    private final NetworkUtilsLinux networkUtilsLinux;
+
     public LinuxPlatform(final Device device, final PillboxContext pillboxContext) {
         super(device, pillboxContext);
+        networkUtilsLinux = new NetworkUtilsLinux();
     }
 
     @Override
     public LinuxCommands commands() {
         return new LinuxCommands(device, pillboxContext);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public NetworkUtils getNetworkUtils() {
+        return  this.networkUtilsLinux;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/linux/NetworkUtilsLinux.java b/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/linux/NetworkUtilsLinux.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a805cc01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws-greengrass-testing-platform/aws-greengrass-testing-platform-api/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/testing/platform/linux/NetworkUtilsLinux.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package com.aws.greengrass.testing.platform.linux;
+
+import com.aws.greengrass.testing.platform.NetworkUtils;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.IoUtils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.NetworkInterface;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+
+public class NetworkUtilsLinux extends NetworkUtils {
+    private static final String ENABLE_OPTION = "--insert";
+    private static final String DISABLE_OPTION = "--delete";
+    private static final String APPEND_OPTION = "-A";
+    private static final String IPTABLE_COMMAND_BLOCK_INGRESS_STR =
+            "sudo iptables %s INPUT -p tcp --sport %s -j REJECT";
+    private static final String IPTABLE_COMMAND_STR = "sudo iptables %s OUTPUT -p tcp --dport %s -j REJECT && "
+            + "sudo iptables %s INPUT -p tcp --sport %s -j REJECT";
+    private static final String IPTABLES_DROP_DPORT_EXTERNAL_ONLY_COMMAND_STR =
+            "sudo iptables %s INPUT -p tcp -s localhost --dport %s -j ACCEPT && "
+                    +
+                    "sudo iptables %s INPUT -p tcp --dport %s -j DROP && "
+                    +
+                    "sudo iptables %s OUTPUT -p tcp -d localhost --dport %s -j ACCEPT && "
+                    +
+                    "sudo iptables %s OUTPUT -p tcp --dport %s -j DROP";
+    private static final String IPTABLE_SAFELIST_COMMAND_STR
+            = "sudo iptables %s OUTPUT -p tcp -d %s --dport %d -j ACCEPT && "
+            +
+            "sudo iptables %s INPUT -p tcp -s %s --sport %d -j ACCEPT";
+    private static final String GET_IPTABLES_RULES = "sudo iptables -S";
+
+    // The string we are looking for to verify that there is an iptables rule to reject a port
+    // We only need to look for sport because sport only gets created if dport is successful
+    private static final String IPTABLES_RULE = "-m tcp --sport %s -j REJECT";
+
+    private static final AtomicBoolean bandwidthSetup = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
+
+    private void modifyMqttConnection(String action) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        for (String port : MQTT_PORTS) {
+            new ProcessBuilder().command(
+                    "sh", "-c", String.format(IPTABLES_DROP_DPORT_EXTERNAL_ONLY_COMMAND_STR,
+                            action, port, action, port, action, port, action, port)
+            ).start().waitFor(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void filterPortOnInterface(String iface, int port) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        // Filtering SSH traffic impacts test execution, so we explicitly disallow it
+        if (port == SSH_PORT) {
+            return;
+        }
+        List<String> filterSourcePortCommand = Stream.of("sudo", "tc", "filter", "add", "dev",
+                iface, "parent", "1:", "protocol", "ip", "prio", "1", "u32", "match",
+                "ip", "sport", Integer.toString(port), "0xffff", "flowid", "1:2").collect(Collectors.toList());
+        executeCommand(filterSourcePortCommand);
+
+        List<String> filterDestPortCommand = Stream.of("sudo", "tc", "filter", "add", "dev", iface,
+                "parent", "1:", "protocol", "ip", "prio", "1", "u32", "match",
+                "ip", "dport", Integer.toString(port), "0xffff", "flowid", "1:2").collect(Collectors.toList());
+        executeCommand(filterDestPortCommand);
+    }
+
+    private void deleteRootNetemQdiscOnInterface() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        Enumeration<NetworkInterface> nets = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
+        for (NetworkInterface netint : Collections.list(nets)) {
+            if (netint.isPointToPoint() || netint.isLoopback()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            executeCommand(Stream.of("sudo", "tc", "qdisc", "del", "dev", netint.getName(), "root")
+                            .collect(Collectors.toList()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void createRootNetemQdiscOnInterface(String iface, int netemRateKbps)
+            throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        // TODO: Add support for setting packet loss and delay
+        int netemDelayMs = 750;
+        List<String> addQdiscCommand = Stream.of("sudo", "tc", "qdisc", "add", "dev", iface, "root", "handle",
+                "1:", "prio", "bands", "2", "priomap", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0",
+                "0", "0", "0", "0", "0").collect(Collectors.toList());
+        executeCommand(addQdiscCommand);
+
+        List<String> netemCommand =
+                Stream.of("sudo", "tc", "qdisc", "add", "dev", iface, "parent", "1:2", "netem", "delay",
+                        String.format("%dms", netemDelayMs), "rate", String.format("%dkbit", netemRateKbps))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        executeCommand(netemCommand);
+    }
+
+    private String executeCommand(List<String> command) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        Process proc = new ProcessBuilder().command(command).start();
+        proc.waitFor(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        if (proc.exitValue() != 0) {
+            throw new IOException("CLI command " + command + " failed with error "
+                    + new String(IoUtils.toByteArray(proc.getErrorStream()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        }
+        return new String(IoUtils.toByteArray(proc.getInputStream()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void disconnectNetwork() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        interfacepolicy(IPTABLE_COMMAND_STR, ENABLE_OPTION, "connection-loss", NETWORK_PORTS);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void recoverNetwork() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        interfacepolicy(IPTABLE_COMMAND_STR, DISABLE_OPTION, "connection-recover", NETWORK_PORTS);
+
+        if (bandwidthSetup.get()) {
+            deleteRootNetemQdiscOnInterface();
+            bandwidthSetup.set(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void interfacepolicy(String iptableCommandString, String option, String eventName, String... ports)
+            throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        for (String port : ports) {
+            new ProcessBuilder().command("sh", "-c", String.format(iptableCommandString, option, port, option, port))
+                    .start().waitFor(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        }
+    }
+}