Network Address Translation (NAT)
Network Address Translation (NAT)
• NAT is a router function where IP addresses (and possibly
port numbers) of IP datagrams are replaced at the boundary
of a private network
• NAT is a method that enables hosts on private networks to
communicate with hosts on the Internet
• NAT is run on routers that connect private networks to the
public Internet, to replace the IP address-port pair of an IP
packet with another IP address-port pair.
• NAT is a router function where IP addresses (and possibly
port numbers) of IP datagrams are replaced at the boundary
of a private network
• NAT is a method that enables hosts on private networks to
communicate with hosts on the Internet
• NAT is run on routers that connect private networks to the
public Internet, to replace the IP address-port pair of an IP
packet with another IP address-port pair.
