Configuring Nat Mode Gateway - Dell SonicWALL NSA 6600 Getting Started Manual

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Configuring NAT Mode Gateway

This section provides an overview of a Dell SonicWALL NSA
6600 appliance operating as a single network gateway in NAT
mode, which is the default mode for a newly configured
NSA 6600. This section is relevant to administrators following
deployment Scenario A.
Note: No additional configuration is necessary to deploy your
appliance as a single network gateway in Many-to-One
NAT mode.
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Overview of NAT Mode
Network Address Translation (NAT) allows private IP addresses
on internal networks to be mapped to at least one public IP
address on the WAN interface of the Dell SonicWALL security
appliance. Outbound traffic from the internal network uses
many-to-one NAT address mappings for their LANs, WLANs,
and other internal networks.
All traffic in SonicOS must go through both an access rule and a
NAT policy, a fundamental part of the NAT Mode architecture.
The NAT policy is even used for traffic that needs no IP address
translation, such as traffic traveling between two different LAN
interfaces, traffic on the simplest types of VPNs, or through
Layer 2 Bridge Mode / Transparent Mode configurations.
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