Prestige 2000W_V2 User’s Guide
The following table summarizes how these NAT types handle outgoing and incoming packets. Read the following sections for more details and examples.
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Outgoing | The NAT router maps the internal IP address and port of all outgoing | The NAT router maps | ||
Packets | packets to a single IP address and port on the external network. | the internal IP | ||
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| each outgoing packet |
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| IP address and port |
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| for each different |
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Incoming | Any external host can | Only external hosts | Only external hosts | A host on the |
Packets | send packets to the | with an IP address to | with an IP address | external network can |
| external IP address | which the internal | and port to which the | only send packets to |
| and port. | host has already sent | internal host has | the specific external |
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| a packet can send | already sent a packet | IP address and port |
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| packets to the | can send packets to | that the NAT router |
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| external IP address | the external IP | used in sending a |
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| and port. | address and port. | packet to the external |
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The examples in these NAT type sections describe NAT translation between internal (private) and external (public) IP addresses.
12.11.2.1 Full Cone NAT
In full cone NAT, the NAT router maps all outgoing packets from an internal IP address and port to a single IP address and port on the external network. The NAT router also maps packets coming to that external IP address and port to the internal IP address and port.
In the following example, the NAT router maps the source address of all packets sent from the Prestige’s internal IP address 1 and port A to IP address 2 and port B on the external network. The NAT router also performs NAT on all incoming packets sent to IP address 2 and port B and sends them to IP address 1, port A.
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