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private host, it changes the destination IP address of the packet from it’s public IP address to the IP
address of the private host.
NAPT
NAPT behaves like NAT but in addition to changing the source IP of the packet from the private host
it can also change the source port number. This is required if more than one private host attempts to
connect using the same local port number to the same Internet host on the same remote port number.
If such a scenario were to occur with NAT the router would be unable to determine which private host
to route the returning packets to and the connection would fail.
Note:
NAT or NAPT should be used with great care as in most private IP routing scenarios it is not required
and to enable it incorrectly WILL cause problems.
NAT also uses another technique not detailed here to work with ICMP packets such as pings and
other packet types.
Speed:
This parameter is used to select “10Base-T”, “100Base-T” or “Auto” mode. The currently selected
mode will be shown in brackets after the parameter name.
Full duplex:
This parameter is used to turn on Full duplex mode so that data can be transmitted in both directions
at the same time for this Ethernet instance. When set to “Off” the Ethernet instance will operate in
half-duplex mode.
Firewall:
This parameter is used to enable or disable
fi
rewall operation for this Ethernet instance.
IGMP:
This parameter is used to enable or disable the Internet Group Management Protocol for this Ethernet
instance.
IPSec:
This parameter is used to enable or disable IPSec security features for this Ethernet instance.
IPSec source IP from interface:
By default, the source IP address for an IPSec Eroute will be the IP address of the interface on which
IPSec was enabled. By setting this parameter to either PPP or Ethernet, the source address used
by IPSec will match that of the Ethernet or PPP interface speci
fi
ed by the
IPSec source IP from
interface #
parameter below.
IPSec source IP from interface #:
See above.
GRE:
This parameter enables Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) for this Ethernet instance. GRE is a
simple tunnelling protocol. For further details refer to
Confi gure
>
IPSec
>
Eroutes
>
GRE
and also
RFC2784.
MAC address fi ltering:
When this parameter is enabled, a received frame will only be sent up the stack if the source MAC
address or matching part thereof exists in the MAC
fi
lter table. It is possible to allow a range of
addresses by specifying only the signi
fi
cant portion of the MAC address in the
fi
lter table to allow
packets from other units.