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This applies when using the Bullet 5M as a Station with Routing.
The NAT box has to be selected.
Normally we think as NAT as an exclusive WAN to LAN connection pass through, but Mike says it has to be enabled for the LAN to WAN connection also.
UBNT-Mike.Ford
08-14-2009, 01:12 PM
This applies when using the Bullet 5M as a Station with Routing.
The NAT box has to be selected.
Normally we think as NAT as an exclusive WAN to LAN connection pass through, but Mike says it has to be enabled for the LAN to WAN connection also.
This is correct as it provieds both DNAT and SNAT fr 0.0.0.0 (all IP's).
Thanks,
Mike
When I see "NAT", I exclusively think of WAN connection accessing a LAN connection behind a router with port forwarding using a port number.
It would have never occurred to me UBNT requires it to be enabled for LAN to WAN internet connections.
UBNT-Mike.Ford
08-14-2009, 03:01 PM
When I see "NAT", I exclusively think of WAN connection accessing a LAN connection behind a router with port forwarding using a port number.
It would have never occurred to me UBNT requires it to be enabled for LAN to WAN internet connections.
Hey,
I get to pull a WHT:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation#Types_of_NAT
:)
Mike
But I was thinking along this line:
As described, the method enables communication through the router only when the conversation originates in the masqueraded network, since this establishes the translation tables. For example, a web browser in the masqueraded network can browse a website outside, but a web browser outside could not browse a web site in the masqueraded network.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation
I get to pull a WHT: Oh hush...how often do you see me quote from Wiki???
