11-2 User’s Reference Guide

Network Address Translation works by remapping the source IP address of traffic from the LAN to a single static or dynamically assigned IP address shown to the remote side of the router.

HOW NAT WORKS

With NAT

192.168.1.100

ISP* 192.168.1.102 192.168.1.103

163.167.132.1

192.168.1.104

192.168.1.105

192.168.1.106

Without NAT

 

 

163.167.132.1

163.167.132.1

163.167.132.2

163.167.132.3

163.167.132.2

 

163.167.132.3

 

163.167.132.4

 

163.167.132.5

163.167.132.4

163.167.132.6

 

 

163.167.132.5

 

163.167.132.6

 

*or corporate intranet router

The feature can be implemented on a per Connection Profile basis. The network router can use two or more Connection Profiles simultaneously to connect to two or more networks. Each profile may have Network Address Translation enabled.

When Network Address Translation is enabled, the Netopia R3100 can either use a statically assigned IP address, or one dynamically assigned each time the router connects to the ISP. While a dynamically assigned IP address offers the ISP more flexibility, it does have an important limitation. The router will require a static IP address to support Web, FTP, or other services available to the WAN. To support these services with Network Address Translation enabled, a service can only be associated with one machine on the LAN.

When connected to the Internet or some other large network using Network Address Translation, the individual machines on your LAN are not directly accessible from the WAN. Network Address Translation provides an inherently secure method of connection to the outside world.

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