Motorola WS5100 manual 6.6Configuring NAT Information, 6.6.1Defining Dynamic NAT Translations

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High Destination IP

Displays the High Destination IP Address.

Times Used

Displays the number of instances this ACL has been used. Periodically review this among

 

ACLs to determine whether specific ACLs should be deleted or modified to make relevant.

4.Select an interface and click the Delete button to delete the ACL interface from the switch.

5.Click the Export to export the selected ACL attribute to a user specified location.

6.6Configuring NAT Information

Network Address Translation NAT provides the translation of an Internet Protocol (IP) address within one network to a different, known IP address within another network. One network is designated the private network, while the other is the public. NAT provides a layer of security by translating private (local) network addresses to one or more public IP addresses. For example, when an administrator wants to allow individuals on the WAN side access to a particular FTP or web server that is located on one of the LAN subnets but does not want to permit any other access, NAT is the appropriate solution.

NAT operates on the switch to connect two networks together. An inside network is addressed with addresses requiring conversion into valid addresses before packets can be forwarded to an outside network. The translation process operates in parallel with packet routing.

NAT enables network administrators to move a Web or FTP Server to another host without having to troubleshoot broken links. Change the inbound mapping with the new inside local address to reflect the new host. Configure changes to your internal network seemlessly since the only external IP address either belongs to the switch or from a pool of global addresses.

The switch NAT configuration process is divided into the following activities:

Defining Dynamic NAT Translations

Defining Static NAT Translations

Configuring NAT Interfaces

Viewing NAT Status

6.6.1Defining Dynamic NAT Translations

The switch Dynamic NAT functionality creates active translation entries when a packet crosses from an IP NAT inside interface to an IP NAT outside interface, or vice versa. Dynamic NAT requires packets to be switched through the NAT router to generate translations in the switch’s translation table.

Refer to the NAT screen’s Dynamic Translation tab to view existing dynamic NAT configurations available to switch.

To view and add/edit a dynamic NAT configuration:

1.Select Security > NAT from the main menu tree.

2.Click on the Dynamic Translation tab.

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