Provisioning Over Nat - AT&T activeARC ARC1000MAP Configuration Manual

Provisioning over NAT

The AT&T activeARC solution can be deployed over a NAT environment. NAT (Network Address Translation or Network Address
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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 AT&T activeARC
deployments, and in multi-client environments for managed service provider deployments. For example, the AT&T activeARC
active500EM controller can be located in the one central location or Network Operations Center and communicate with the AT&T
activeARC access points in remote locations. The AT&T activeARC
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devices.
The active500EM can support up to 256 AT&T activeARC
Point has the capability to configure up to three active500EM controllers as backups for redundancy in case the master controller is
inaccessible for any reason.
The NAT AP Provisioning figure below displays a typical network topological layout of an access point provisioning over a NAT based
environment. Here, both the AT&T activeARC
utilizing private IP addresses.
Access Point products in remote office environments for enterprise
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access points over NAT configurations and each AT&T activeARC
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access points and the active500EM controller are both behind NAT based firewalls
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Figure 1.22 Typical network of Access Point Provisioning over NAT based environment
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