Technical Reference; Nat Definitions - ZyXEL Communications VMG Series User Manual

greater number of NAT sessions in order to get a better uploading and downloading rate. Click Network
Setting > NAT > Sessions to display the following screen.
Note: Enter a number of concurrent NAT sessions in the MAX NAT Session Per Host field, and
click Apply to limit the number of concurrent NAT sessions a client can use. Otherwise,
clear the number in the MAX NAT Session Per Host field. Click Apply and there's no limit
for concurrent NAT sessions a client can use.
Figure 149 Network Setting > NAT > Sessions
The following table describes the fields in this screen.
Table 86 Network Setting > NAT > Sessions
LABEL
MAX NAT
Session Per Host
(0 ~ 20480)
Cancel
Apply

11.8 Technical Reference

This part contains more information regarding NAT.

11.8.1 NAT Definitions

Inside/outside denotes where a host is located relative to the Zyxel 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.
Note that inside/outside refers to the location of a host, while global/local refers to the IP address of a
host used in a packet. Thus, an inside local address (ILA) is the IP address of an inside host in a packet
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DESCRIPTION
Use this field to set a limit to the number of concurrent NAT sessions each client host can have.
If only a few clients use peer to peer applications, you can raise this number to improve their
performance. With heavy peer-to-peer application use, lower this number to ensure no single
client uses too many of the available NAT sessions.
Click this to exit this screen without saving any changes.
Click this to save your changes on this screen.
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