Technically NAT is having MORE THAN ONE IP on the outside network that
gets translated to a different IP on the inside.
Most think that there is only one real IP on the outside, but true NAT
has more than one IP. IP Masquerading utilizes TCP ports to keep track
of what internal IP is doing a request and then using the ONE REAL IP
issues a request on the net. Once it gets the response, it knows who is
who because of the unique sending port from the internal client and
forwards the data back to that user. Anyone have different opinions?
Michael Long wrote:
>
> Ok, I'm having an arguement with some "friends" at work. What is the
> difference between IP Masquerading and Network Address Translation? Help
> settle a bet. :)
>
> Michael
>
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