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Configuring NAT information
4. Select an existing NAT configuration and click the Edit button to modify the settings of this
5. Select an existing NAT configuration and click the Delete button to remove it from the list of
6. Click the Add button to display a screen to create a new NAT configuration and add it to the list
Adding a new dynamic NAT configuration
If the existing NAT configurations displayed with the Configuration prove unsuitable for translation,
consider creating a new one.
To define a new NAT configuration:
1. Select Security > NAT from the main menu tree.
2. Click on the Dynamic Translation tab.
3. Click the Add button.
4. Define the NAT Type from the drop-down menu. Options include:
5. Define the NAT Direction from the drop-down menu. Options include:
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existing NAT configuration. The fields within the Edit screen are similar to those displayed when
adding a new NAT configuration.
available configurations.
of available configurations. For more information, see
"Adding a new dynamic NAT configuration"
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Inside - The set of networks subject to translation. These are the internal addresses you
are trying to prevent from being exposed to the outside world.
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Outside - All other addresses. Usually these are valid addresses located on the Internet.
Outside addresses pose no risk if exposed over a publicly accessible network.
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Source - The inside network is transmitting data over the network its intended destination.
On the way out, the source IP address is changed in the header and replaced by the
(public) IP address.
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Destination - Packets passing through the NAT on the way back to the controller managed
LAN are searched against to the records kept by the NAT engine. There the destination IP
address is changed back to the specific internal private class IP address in order to reach
the LAN over the controller managed network.
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