Chapter 12 Nat; Nat Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter; What You Need To Know - ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL 1100 User Manual

12.1 NAT Overview

NAT (Network Address Translation - NAT, RFC 1631) is the translation of the IP address of a host in
a packet. For example, the source address of an outgoing packet, used within one network is
changed to a different IP address known within another network. Use Network Address Translation
(NAT) to make computers on a private network behind the ZyWALL/USG available outside the
private network. If the ZyWALL/USG has only one public IP address, you can make the computers
in the private network available by using ports to forward packets to the appropriate private IP
address.
Suppose you want to assign ports 21-25 to one FTP, Telnet and SMTP server (A in the example),
port 80 to another (B in the example) and assign a default server IP address of 192.168.1.35 to a
third (C in the example). You assign the LAN IP addresses and the ISP assigns the WAN IP address.
The NAT network appears as a single host on the Internet.
Figure 178 Multiple Servers Behind NAT Example

12.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

Use the NAT screens (see
see their configuration details. You can also create new NAT rules and edit or delete existing ones.

12.1.2 What You Need to Know

NAT is also known as virtual server, port forwarding, or port translation.

12.2 The NAT Screen

The NAT summary screen provides a summary of all NAT rules and their configuration. In addition,
this screen allows you to create new NAT rules and edit and delete existing NAT rules. To access this
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Section 12.2 on page 268) to view and manage the list of NAT rules and
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