Uplink/Wan And Segmentation; Network Address Translation (Nat) - ABB CBXi Series User Manual

UPLINK/WAN AND SEGMENTATION

Physically splitting a network into different function groups is known as "Network segmentation". This is
done to improve performance (by reducing the amount of traffic on each segment) and to improve
security. It is achieved by connecting Routers together by their "WAN" or "UPLINK" ports.
If routers are connected without using their "WAN" or "UPLINK" ports, the result is a single segment:

NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT)

Network Address Translation
a single public IP address. This is necessary because the number of
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is a function of a router or firewall, which maps multiple local IP addresses to
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IPv4 addresses is finite.
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