According to the definitions outlined in the NAT Terminology article, a Static NAT implies a translation of just the IP address, where the post-translation IP addresses are explicitly defined. Making Internal Resources Accessible The typical use case for a Static NAT is for a Server on a Private IPv4 network to be reached externally from the […]
NAT Terminology
September 27, 2017 By Leave a Comment
As discussed before, Network Address Translation, or NAT, is a process that involves translating Private IP addresses into Public IP addresses. There are different operations within NAT and understanding each of them requires understanding NAT terminology. NAT vs PAT Network Address Translation and Port Address Translation differ by modifying different headers in a data packet. […]
Why NAT?
September 20, 2017 By 5 Comments
Before we can discuss how NAT works, we must discuss the purpose of NAT and answer the question, “Why NAT?” In the original plan for the Internet, every host was meant to have its own unique IP address. This means if you had a network which had 30 hosts, you would need 30 unique IP […]
ARP in 5 Minutes
September 14, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Here is a quick video that teaches the basics of Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) in less than 5 minutes. If you want to go deeper on ARP and all of its variants, check out the Address Resolution Protocol article series.
BGP Oldest Path
May 10, 2017 By 3 Comments
BGP is the predominant dynamic routing protocol used to exchange routes between different autonomous systems. BGP’s popularity lies in the Path Selection process which allows extremely granular control of the path for incoming and outgoing traffic. One of the steps in this process states that if a tie still exists between two paths, BGP will […]