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Chapter 6 Network Address Translation (NAT) Screens
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NAT translates the destination address (the inside global address) back to the
inside local address before forwarding it to the original inside host.
Finding Out More
for technical background information on NAT.
6.2 The NAT Mode Screen
You must create a firewall rule in addition to setting up NAT, to allow traffic from
the WAN to be forwarded through the ZyXEL Device. Click Advanced Setup >
NAT to open the following screen.
Figure 17 Advanced Setup > NAT
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
6.2.1 Configuring Address Mapping Rules
Ordering your rules is important because the ZyXEL Device applies the rules in the
order that you specify. When a rule matches the current packet, the ZyXEL Device
takes the corresponding action and the remaining rules are ignored. If there are
any empty rules before your new configured rule, your configured rule will be
pushed up by that number of empty rules. For example, if you have already
configured rules 1 to 6 in your current set and now you configure rule number 9.
In the set summary screen, the new rule will be rule 7, not 9. Now if you delete
Table 10 Advanced Setup > NAT
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
None
Select this to disable NAT.
Full Feature Select this to enable NAT.
Edit Details
Click this link to take you to a screen where you can configure public and
private IP mapping rules.
Apply
Click Apply to save your configuration.