Chapter 13

Network Address Translation (NAT)

The CCNA exam topics covered in this chapter include the following:

  • Implement, verify, and troubleshoot NAT and ACLs in a medium-size Enterprise branch office network
    • Explain the basic operation of NAT.
    • Configure NAT for given network requirements (including CLI/SDM).
    • Troubleshoot NAT issues.

In this chapter, I am going to give you the skinny on Network Address Translation (NAT), Dynamic NAT, and Port Address Translation (PAT), also known as NAT Overload. Of course, I’ll demonstrate all the NAT commands. I also wrote some fantastic hands-on labs for you to configure at the end of this chapter.

It would be helpful for you to read Chapter 12 before reading this chapter since we need to use access ...

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