How The Soho 6 Wireless Processes Information; Services; Network Address Translation (Nat); How Does Wireless Networking Work - Watchguard Firebox SOHO 6 Wireless User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction
How the SOHO 6 Wireless Processes
Information

Services

A service is the group of protocols and port numbers for a
specified program or type of application. The standard
configuration of the SOHO 6 Wireless contains the correct settings
for many standard services.

Network Address Translation (NAT)

All connections from the trusted network to the external network
through a SOHO 6 Wireless use dynamic NAT. Dynamic NAT
prevents the private IP addresses from your trusted network from
being sent through the Internet.
The SOHO 6 Wireless replaces the private IP addresses with the
public IP address to protect the trusted network. Each packet sent
through the Internet contains IP address information. Packets sent
through the SOHO 6 Wireless with dynamic NAT include only the
public IP address of the SOHO 6 Wireless and not the private IP
address of the computer in the trusted network. Because only the
IP address of the SOHO 6 Wireless is sent to the external network,
unauthorized access by the computers in the public network to the
computers in the trusted network is prevented.

How Does Wireless Networking Work

Wireless networking uses radio-frequency signals to establish
communication between your computers and the SOHO 6
Wireless. The SOHO 6 Wireless communicates in accordance with
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