Nat Definitions - ZyXEL Communications VMG8324-B10A series User Manual

Chapter 10 Network Address Translation (NAT)

10.10.1 NAT Definitions

Inside/outside denotes where a host is located relative to the Device, for example, the computers
of your subscribers are the inside hosts, while the web servers on the Internet are the outside
hosts.
Global/local 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.
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