D-Link DSR-1000AC User Manual - Page 60

Section 5 - Connect to the Internet Routing Mode Routing between the LAN and WAN will impact the way this router handles traffic that is received on any of its physical interfaces. The routing mode of the gateway is core to the behavior of the traffic flow between the secure LAN and the internet. NAT or Classical Path: Network > Internet > Routing Mode With classical routing, devices on the LAN can be directly accessed from the internet with their public IP addresses (assuming appropriate firewall settings are configured). If your ISP has assigned an IP address for each of the computers/devices that you use, select Classical. NAT is a technique which allows several computers and devices on your local network to share an Internet connection. The computers on the LAN use a "private" IP address range while the WAN port on the router is configured with a single "public" IP address. Along with connection sharing, NAT also hides internal IP addresses from the computers on the Internet. NAT is required if your ISP has assigned only one IP address to you. The computers/devices that connect through the router will need to be assigned IP addresses from a private subnet. 1. Click Network > Internet > Routing Mode. 2. Complete the fields from the table below and click Save. Field Routing Settings NAT with WAN1 NAT with WAN2 Save Description Select NAT or Classical. Toggle to ON to use NAT with WAN1 or OFF for classical. Toggle to ON to use NAT with WAN2 or OFF for classical. Click to save and activate your settings. D-Link DSR-Series User Manual 47