Network address translation
Network address translation, or NAT, is a networking concept that was developed in the early 1990s in response to the rapid depletion of IP addresses throughout the world. Prior to NAT, every host connected to the Internet had a unique IP address.
Legacy routers support two types of NAT:
- One-to-one NAT
- Many-to-one NAT
One-to-one NAT is a method in which one IP address is directly mapped to another. Commonly referred to as static NAT, one-to-one NAT is often used to map a unique public address to a privately addressed host. Floating IPs utilize one-to-one NAT concepts.
Many-to-one NAT is a method in which multiple addresses are mapped to a single address. Many-to-one NAT employs the use of port address translation, or PAT. ...
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