Netopia r3100-u Verweisanleitung

The Netopia R3100 uses Internet Protocol (IP) to communicate both locally and with remote networks. This 
chapter shows you how to configure the router to route IP traffic. You also learn how to configure the router to 
ser ve IP addresses to hosts on your local network.

Netopia’s Smar tIP features IP address ser ving and Network Address Translation. For a detailed discussion of 
Network Address Translation, see 

how to use the Network Address Translation feature of Smar tIP.

Note: When you configured your Netopia R3100 using Smar tStar t, Network Address Translation was enabled by 
default. You have the option of disabling it, if you wish. This is done through the System Configuration screens 
using Console-based Management.

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Network Address Translation allows communication between the LAN connected to the Netopia R3100 and the 
Internet using a single IP address, instead of a routed account with separate IP addresses for each computer 
on the network.

Network Address Translation also provides increased security by hiding the local IP addresses of the LAN 
connected to the Netopia R3100 from the outside world.

With Smar tIP, the setup is simpler, so Internet ser vice providers typically offer dial-up accounts suppor ting 
Network Address Translation at a significant cost savings.

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NAT is selectable on a per connection basis, optionally allowing real addresses to be used for intranet 
connections and proxied addresses to be used for Internet connections.

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The NAT user can use any combination of proxied and unproxied addresses simultaneously on the available 
Telco channels. For instance, one unproxied address connection profile can be used to connect to a central 
office, while another proxied address connection profile can simultaneously connect the user’s Netopia 
R3100 and LAN to the Internet.

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The single proxy address is acquired at connection time from the answering side. The address can be 
assigned by the remote router from either a dynamic pool of addresses or a fixed, static address.

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Static NAT (Network Address Translation) Security is made simpler and more reliable by only having to 
firewall one IP address and by obscuring the internal network structure from the Internet.