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CHAPTER 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) 11.1 NAT Overview This chapter discusses how to configure NAT on the Zyxel Device. 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 166). • Use the Port Triggering screen to add and configure the Zyxel Device's trigger port settings (Section 11.3 on page 170). • Use the DMZ screen to configure a default server (Section 11.4 on page 173). • Use the ALG screen to enable and disable the ALGs in the Zyxel Device (Section 11.5 on page 174). • Use the Address Mapping screen to configure the Zyxel Device's address mapping settings (Section 11.6 on page 175). • Use the Sessions screen to configure the Zyxel Device's maximum number of NAT sessions (Section 11.6 on page 175). 11.1.2 What You Need To Know Inside/Outside 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 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 PX7511-B0 User's Guide 165