Configuring Nat Information - Brocade Communications Systems RFS6000 System Reference Manual

3. From the Statistics section select the AAP WLAN tab.
4. Refer to the following information as displayed within the AAP WLAN tab:
ACL ID
Direction
Hit Count

Configuring NAT Information

Network Address Translation NAT provides the translation of an Internet Protocol (IP) address
within one network to a different, known IP address within another network. One network is
designated as the private network, while the other is public. NAT provides a layer of security by
translating private (local) network addresses to one or more public IP addresses. For example,
when an administrator wants to allow individuals on the WAN side access to a particular FTP or
Web server located on one of the LAN subnets but does not want to permit any other access, NAT is
the appropriate solution.
Using NAT, a user can mark one or more interfaces as inside or outside. When a user creates a NAT
rule for inside or outside application, it is applied on all the interfaces marked as inside or outside
respectively. NAT operates on the switch to connect two networks together. An inside network is
assigned addresses requiring conversion into valid addresses before packets can be forwarded to
an outside network. The translation process operates in parallel with packet routing.
NAT enables network administrators to move a Web or FTP Server to another host without having to
troubleshoot broken links. Change the inbound mapping with the new inside local address to
reflect the new host. Configure changes to your internal network seemlessly since the only external
IP address either belongs to the switch or from a pool of global addresses.
The switch NAT configuration process is divided into the following configuration activities:
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Displays the ACL ID for each attached AAP WLAN ACL. ACL IDs can be modified in the Security Policy
Edit screen.
Displays the direction either Inbound or Outbound for the AAP WLAN ACL.
Displays the number of times each AAP WLAN ACL has been triggered.
Defining Dynamic NAT Translations
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