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Wireless Web Interface User’s Manual
Chapter 10: Provisioning over NAT
The icXchange
®
solution can be deployed over a NAT environment. NAT (Network Address Translation or Network Address Translator)
is the translation of an Internet Protocol address used within one network to a different IP address known within another network. This
allows users to utilize the icXchange
®
access point products in remote office environments for enterprise deployments, and in multi-client
environments for managed service provider deployments. For example, the Link2000ACS can be located in the one central location or
Network Operations Center and communicate with icXchange
®
access points in remote locations. The icXchange
®
solution essentially
virtualizes the Internet cloud as a direct link to devices.
The Link2000ACS can support up to 132 icXchange
®
access points over NAT configurations and each icXchange
®
access point has the
capability to configure up to three Link2000ACS controllers as backups for redundancy in case the master controller is inaccessible for any
reason.
The NAT AP Provisioning diagram below displays a typical network topological layout of an access point provisioning over a NAT based
environment. Here, both the icXchange
®
access points and the Link2000ACS controller are both behind NAT based firewalls utilizing
private IP addresses.
