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Packets have not been sent from 1, A to 4, E or 5, so they cannot send packets to 1, A.

Figure 54 Port Restricted Cone NAT Example

3, C

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Symmetric NAT

The full, restricted and port restricted cone NAT types use the same mapping for an outgoing packet’s source address regardless of the destination IP address and port. In symmetric NAT, the mapping of an outgoing packet’s source address to a source address in another network is different for each different destination IP address and port.

In the following example, the P-2812HNU-51c maps the source address IP address 1 and port A to IP address 2 and port B on the external network for packets sent to IP address 3 and port C. The P-2812HNU-51c uses a different mapping (IP address 2 and port M) for packets sent to IP address 4 and port D.

A host on the external network (IP address 3 and port C for example) can only send packets to the internal host via the external IP address and port that the NAT router used in sending a packet to the external host’s IP address and port. So in

 

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