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SA - Source Address
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DA - Destination Adress
INSIDE NETWORK OUTSIDE NETWORK
┌────────────────────────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │ │ │
│ ┌────────────┬─────────────┐ │ │ ┌─────────────┬──────────────┐ │
│ ────► │ SA │ DA │ │ ──────► │ ────► │ SA │ DA │ │
┌──────┐ │ │Inside Local│Outside Local│ │ │ │Inside Global│Outside Global│ │ ┌───────┐
│Inside│ │ └────────────┴─────────────┘ │ ┌───┐ │ └─────────────┴──────────────┘ │ │Outside│
│ Host │ │ │ │NAT│ │ │ │ Host │
└──────┘ │ ┌────────────┬─────────────┐ │ └───┘ │ ┌─────────────┬──────────────┐ │ └───────┘
│ │ SA │ DA │ │ │ │ SA │ DA │ │
│ │Inside Local│Outside Local│ ◄──── │ ◄────── │ │Inside Global│Outside Global│ ◄──── │
│ └────────────┴─────────────┘ │ │ └─────────────┴──────────────┘ │
│ │ │ │
└────────────────────────────────────┘ └──────────────────────────────────────┘
Based on a diagram here.
NAT Overload - Port Address Translation or PAT
This is Source NAT.1
Packets to R3 will appear to be from 10.0.0.2
192.168.0.0/24 10.0.0.0/24
┌────┐.1 .2┌────┐.2 .1┌────┐
│ R1 │─────────────────────│ R2 │─────────────────│ R3 │
└────┘E0/0 E0/0└────┘E0/1 E0/1└────┘
▲ ▲
│ │
Inside ─────────┘ └─────── Outside
R1
interface Ethernet0/0 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.2
R2
interface Ethernet0/0 ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0 ip nat inside interface Ethernet0/1 ip address 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.0 ip nat outside ip nat inside source list 1 interface Ethernet0/1 overload ip access-list standard 1 10 permit 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255
R3
interface Ethernet0/1 ip address 10.0.0.3 255.255.255.0 ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.0.0.2
R2 Debugs during NAT
Performed with the above configs via CML IOL routers version 17.12.1.
R2# debug ip nat 1 IP NAT debugging is on for access list 1 *Sep 16 21:32:21.386: NAT: Entry assigned id 4 *Sep 16 21:32:21.386: NAT*: ICMP id=5->1024 *Sep 16 21:32:21.386: NAT*: s=192.168.1.1->10.0.0.2, d=10.0.0.3 [17] *Sep 16 21:32:21.387: NAT*: ICMP id=1024->5 *Sep 16 21:32:21.387: NAT*: s=10.0.0.3, d=10.0.0.2->192.168.1.1 [17] R2# show ip nat translations Pro Inside global Inside local Outside local Outside global icmp 10.0.0.2:1024 192.168.1.1:5 10.0.0.3:5 10.0.0.3:1024
1
Source NAT, because the source address needs to be changed to access outside hosts. As packets move through the router, they will create entries for return packets.