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Chapter 13 NAT
EMG6765-Q10A User’s Guide
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• Use the Port Trigger screen to change your EMG6765-Q10A’s trigger port settings ( Section 13.5.3 on
page 117 ).
13.1.2 What You Need To Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this chapter.
Inside/Outside
This denotes where a host is located relative to the EMG6765-Q10A, for example, the computers of your
subscribers are the inside hosts, while the web servers on the Internet are the outside hosts.
Global/Local
This denotes the IP address of a host in a packet as the packet traverses a router, for example, the local
address refers to the IP address of a host when the packet is in the local network, while the global
address refers to the IP address of the host when the same packet is traveling in the WAN side.
Note: Inside/outside refers to the location of a host, while global/local refers to the IP address
of a host used in a packet.
An inside local address (ILA) is the IP address of an inside host in a packet when the packet is still in the
local network, while an inside global address (IGA) is the IP address of the same inside host when the
packet is on the WAN side. The following table summarizes this information.
Note: NAT never changes the IP address (either local or global) of an outside host.
What NAT Does
In the simplest form, NAT changes the source IP address in a packet received from a subscriber (the
inside local address) to another (the inside global address) before forwarding the packet to the WAN
side. When the response comes back, NAT translates the destination address (the inside global address)
back to the inside local address before forwarding it to the original inside host. Note that the IP address
(either local or global) of an outside host is never changed.
The global IP addresses for the inside hosts can be either static or dynamically assigned by the ISP. In
addition, you can designate servers, for example, a web server and a telnet server, on your local
network and make them accessible to the outside world. If you do not define any servers, NAT offers the
additional benefit of firewall protection. With no servers defined, your EMG6765-Q10A filters out all
incoming inquiries, thus preventing intruders from probing your network. For more information on IP
address translation, refer to
RFC 1631 , The IP Network Address Translator (NAT) .
Table 44 NAT Definitions
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Inside This refers to the host on the LAN.
Outside This refers to the host on the WAN.
Local This refers to the packet address (source or destination) as the packet travels on the LAN.
Global This refers to the packet address (source or destination) as the packet travels on the WAN.