may I add that in the Linux world, NAT is more commonly called Masquerading.
You will find many more pointers using this name in linux community and webb pages.
Philippe
Edward Marczak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> on 23/2/2000 11:17 AM, Michael D Green shot down the bitstream:
>
> >> are you using NAT? I don't quite follow.
> >
> > What is NAT?
>
> I didn't see anyone answer this, so here goes:
>
> NAT is Network address translation. A router uses NAT to change your real
> IP address outbound, and back again inbound. Why? The most common example
> is sharing a single, real IP among several machines with bogus addresses for
> Internet access.
>
> >> 192.168.1.0/24 network???
> >
> > What does the /24 mean?
>
> It means, "use a mask with 24 bits." Same as, "use a Class C 255.255.255.0
> mask".
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