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CHAPTER 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) 11.1 Overview NAT (Network Address Translation - NAT, RFC 1631) is the translation of the IP address of a host in a packet, for example, the source address of an outgoing packet, used within one network to a different IP address known within another network. 11.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter • Use the Port Forwarding screen to configure forward incoming service requests to the server(s) on your local network (Section 11.2 on page 176). • Use the Sessions screen to limit the number of concurrent NAT sessions each client can use (Section 11.3 on page 178). • Use the ALG screen (Section 11.4 on page 179) to enable and disable the SIP (VoIP) ALG in the ZyXEL Device. 11.1.2 What You Need To Know The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter. Inside/Outside and Global/Local 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. NAT In the simplest form, NAT changes the source IP address in a packet received from a subscriber (the inside local address) to another (the inside global address) before forwarding the packet to the WAN side. When the response comes back, NAT translates the destination address (the inside global address) back to the inside local address before forwarding it to the original inside host. ADSL Series User's Guide 175