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What is Network address translation?

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Question added by Mahammad Ajeer , System Administrator , Espac
Date Posted: 2017/06/28
Sachin Rana
by Sachin Rana , Service Desk Analyst , Dimension Data

Also known as NAT. It is a technique used to map private IP addresses to one or multiple public IPs. This helps the ISP as ISPs have only limited customer IPs.

Mohammad Al Yabrudi
by Mohammad Al Yabrudi , IT Technical Support Engineer , Crystel Co.

NAT is the process (operation) used to connect two networks together and translate the private addresses in the internal network into fully qualified public addresses.

Usually, this operation performed on routers (network layer).

NAT is the proccess where a network device assigns a public address to a computer inside a private network. For instance, sharing private to private or private to public to limit the number of public addresse in an organization. 

Per Andersson
by Per Andersson , Service and Support Engineer , Milestone Systems ME

NAT is adress translation of the IP adress so for example one local network can share a public ip-adress for internet connection.

 

It works in Layer 3 of the osi model modifying the IP Header

 

Syed Sulthan Meharaj
by Syed Sulthan Meharaj , Wireline Logging Engineer and Field Engineer , Focus Energy Ltd

NAT is called as Network address translation. NAT connects two networks together and translate the private address

Hafiz Salman Shafiq
by Hafiz Salman Shafiq , Manager Network & Infrastructure Security , Engro Corp

NAt is Translation from One ip to another. Whether from Private to private, Private to public IP, from Public to Private & vice-versa.

Hojefa  Challawala
by Hojefa Challawala , System Support Engineer , Alshaya Group

Network address translation usually called as NAT. NAT connects two network together and translate the private address

Bhaskar Reddy
by Bhaskar Reddy , Technical Specialist , IBM India Private Limited

nating allows router to share single public ip to multiple local network devices. 

exp: squid server

joseph reaidy
by joseph reaidy , Project Supervisor , Guardia Systems SAL

 Network Translation Address is a method of remapping one IP into another by modifying the network address information in IP 

Moaiad Abuhussien
by Moaiad Abuhussien , Programmer , Bin Laden Group

  • Generally, NAT translate computers' IPs of a group or orgnization into one IP public address, usually used as firewall for packets filtering, and usually involves a large range of network. At local value network address scheme as private range such as 10.0.0.0 , 172.0.0.0 or 192.168.0.0. the private ranges works only to have access to server resources inside the network such as printers, users files,etc. at this point NAT comes intro play whenever one of them need resources from outside using the internet at this point NAT translate private IP into one Orgnaisation's Public address to request data and to return it to the user at this case packets filtering take a place. Also NAT has  other additional use in Security layer.

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MD NAWAZ KHAN KHAN
by MD NAWAZ KHAN KHAN , IT Manager , Metropolitan insurance brokers llc

Network address translation. It use to convert private up to public IP address .and public IP to Private IP address. It is use to utilize IP address

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