Network Address Translation (NAT) Default Settings

NAT default settings let you specify whether you want your Motorola Netopia® Gateway to forward NAT traffic to a default server when it doesn’t know what else to do with it. The NAT default host function is useful in situations where you cannot create a specific NAT pinhole for a traffic stream because you cannot anticipate what port number an application might use. For example, some network games select arbitrary port numbers when a connection is being opened. By identifying your computer (or another host on your network) as a NAT default server, you can specify that NAT traffic that would other- wise be discarded by the Motorola Netopia® Gateway should be directed to a specific hosts.

set nat-default mode [ off default-server ip-passthrough ]

Specifies whether you want your Motorola Netopia® Gateway to forward unsolicited traffic from the WAN to a default server or an IP passthrough host when it doesn’t know what else to do with it.

set nat-default dhcp-enable [ on off ]

Allows the IP passthrough host to acquire its IP address via DHCP, if ip-passthroughis enabled.

set nat-default address ip_address

Specifies the IP address of the NAT default server.

set nat-default host-hardware-address MAC_address }

Specifies the hardware (MAC) address of the IP passthrough host. If the MAC address is specified as all-zeroes, the first DHCP client that requests an IP address gets the passthrough address.

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Motorola 3397GP Network Address Translation NAT Default Settings, Set nat-default mode off default-server ip-passthrough