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Chapter 9 WAN

Network Address

Translation

Network Address Translation (NAT) allows the translation of an Internet

protocol address used within one network (for example a private IP address

used in a local network) to a different IP address known within another network

(for example a public IP address used on the Internet).
Choose None to disable NAT.
Choose SUA Only if you have a single public IP address. SUA (Single User

Account) is a subset of NAT that supports two types of mapping: Many-to-One

and Server.
Choose Full Feature if you have multiple public IP addresses. Full Feature

mapping types include: One-to-One, Many-to-One (SUA/PAT), Many-to-

Many Overload, Many- One-to-One and Server. When you select Full

Feature you must configure at least one address mapping set!
For more information about NAT refer to the NAT chapter in this User's Guide.

Metric (PPPoE and

PPTP only)

This field sets this route's priority among the routes the ZyAIR uses.
The metric represents the "cost of transmission". A router determines the best

route for transmission by choosing a path with the lowest "cost". RIP routing

uses hop count as the measurement of cost, with a minimum of "1" for directly

connected networks. The number must be between "1" and "15"; a number

greater than "15" means the link is down. The smaller the number, the lower

the "cost".

Max NAT/Firewall

Session Per User

Type a number ranging from 1 to 2048 to limit the number of NAT/firewall

sessions that a host can create.

Private (PPPoE and

PPTP only)

This parameter determines if the ZyAIR will include the route to this remote

node in its RIP broadcasts. If set to Yes, this route is kept private and not

included in RIP broadcast. If No, the route to this remote node will be

propagated to other hosts through RIP broadcasts.

RIP Direction

RIP (Routing Information Protocol) allows a router to exchange routing

information with other routers. The RIP Direction field controls the sending

and receiving of RIP packets.
Choose Both, None, In Only or Out Only.
When set to Both or Out Only, the ZyAIR will broadcast its routing table

periodically.
When set to Both or In Only, the ZyAIR will incorporate RIP information that it

receives.
When set to None, the ZyAIR will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any

RIP packets received.
By default, RIP Direction is set to Both.

RIP Version

The RIP Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the

RIP packets that the ZyAIR sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving).
Choose RIP-1, RIP-2B or RIP-2M.
RIP-1 is universally supported; but RIP-2 carries more information. RIP-1 is

probably adequate for most networks, unless you have an unusual network

topology. Both RIP-2B and RIP-2M sends the routing data in RIP-2 format; the

difference being that RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting while RIP-2M uses

multicasting. Multicasting can reduce the load on non-router machines since

they generally do not listen to the RIP multicast address and so will not receive

the RIP packets. However, if one router uses multicasting, then all routers on

your network must use multicasting, also. By default, the RIP Version field is

set to RIP-1.

Table 40 WAN: IP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION