SMC Networks SMC7204BRA manual Viewing NAT Global Settings and Statistics

Viewing NAT Global Settings and Statistics

•They provide a measure of security for you LAN by enabling you to assign private IP addresses and then have these and the source port numbers swapped out before your computers access the Internet.

The type of NAT function described above is called [Network Address Port Translation (NAPT)]. You can use other types, called flavors, of NAT for other purposes; for example, providing outside access to your LAN or translating multiple private addresses to multiple public addresses.

Viewing NAT Global Settings and Statistics

To view your NAT settings, log into the Configuration Manager, click the [Services] tab. The [NAT Configuration] page appears by default.

Figure 16. NAT Configuration Page

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