Security
IP-Passthrough
Netopia OS now offers an IP passthrough feature. The IP passthrough feature allows a sin- gle PC on the LAN to have the Gateway’s public address assigned to it. It also provides PAT (NAPT) via the same public IP address for all other hosts on the private LAN subnet.
VPN IPSec Pass Through
This Netopia service supports your independent VPN client software in a transparent man- ner. Netopia has implemented an Application Layer Gateway (ALG) to support multiple PCs running IP Security protocols.
This feature has three elements:
1.On power up or reset, the address mapping function (NAT) of the Gate- way’s WAN configuration is turned on by default.
2.When you use your
3.The encrypted IPSec tunnel is established “through” the Gateway.
A typical VPN IPSec Tunnel pass through is diagrammed below:
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Gateway