Static Nat; Napt Traversal; Dynamic Nat - Patton electronics SmartNode Series Software Configuration Manual

SmartWare Software Configuration Guide
Dynamic NAT is particularly useful for protocols that do not build on UDP or TCP but directly on IP (e.g.
GRE, ESP). See also section
WAN
131.1.1.20

Static NAT

Dynamic NAT does not permit hosts on the global network to access hosts on the local network. Static NAT
makes local hosts globally accessible. Static NAT entries map global addresses to local addresses. The global
address must be a configured global NAT address. It cannot be the address of the global interface since this
would break connectivity to the SmartNode itself.
Static NAT is particularly useful for protocols that do not build on UDP or TCP but directly on IP (e.g. GRE,
ESP). See also section

"NAPT traversal"

WAN
131.1.1.20

NAPT traversal

Protocols that do not build on UDP or TCP but directly on IP (e.g. GRE, ESP), and protocols that open addi-
tional connections unknown to the NAT/NAPT component (e.g. FTP, H.323, SIP), do not easily traverse
a NAPT.
The SmartWare NAPT can handle one GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) connection and one ESP
(Encapsulating Security Payload) connection at a time. It also routes ICMP messages back to the source of the
concerned connection or to the source of an ICMP Ping message.
To enable NAPT traversal of protocols that open additional connections, the NAPT component must analyze
these protocols at the Application Level in order to understand which NAPT entries for additional connections
Introduction
"NAPT traversal" on page 133.
131.1.1.1 (Global Interface Address)
131.1.1.20 (Global NAT Address)
Source Address modified
Figure 19. Dynamic NAT
on page 133.
131.1.1.1 (Global Interface Address)
131.1.1.20 (Global NAT Address)
Source Address modified
Figure 20. Static NAT
(Local Interface Address) 192.168.1.1
Destination Address modified
(Local Interface Address) 192.168.1.1
Destination Address modified
11 • NAT/NAPT configuration
LAN
192.168.1.40
LAN
192.168.1.40
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