Chapter26 Network Address Translation
Network Address Translation Rules
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Cisco Router and Security Device Manager 2.5 User’s Guide
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What Do You Want to Do?
Note If Cisco SDM detects a previously configured NAT address pool that uses the
“type” keyword, that address pool will be read-only and cannot be edited.
Add or Edit Address Pool
Use this window to specify an address pool for dynamic address translation, an
address for Port Address Translation (PAT), or a TCP load-balancing rotary pool.

Pool Name

Enter the name of the address pool.

Port Address Translation (PAT)

There may be times when most of the addresses in th e pool have been assigned,
and the IP address pool is nearly depleted. When this occurs, PAT can be used with
a single IP address to satisfy additional requests for IP addresses. Check this
check box if you want the router to use PAT when the address pool is close to
depletion.
If you want to: Do this:
Add an address pool to the router
configuration.
Click Add, and configure the pool in the Add Address Pool
window.
If you want to use an existing pool as a template for the new
pool, choose the existing pool, check Clone selected entry
on Add, and click Add.
Edit an existing address pool. Choose the pool entry, click Edit, and edit the pool
configuration in the Edit Address Pool window.
Delete an address pool. Choose the pool entry, click Delete, and confirm deletion in
the Warning box displayed.