ZyXEL Communications 1000 User Manual

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21.1  ALG Overview
Application Layer Gateway (ALG) allows the following applications to operate 
properly through the ZyWALL’s NAT.
• SIP - Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) - An application-layer protocol that can be 
used to create voice and multimedia sessions over Internet.
• H.323 - A teleconferencing protocol suite that provides audio, data and video 
conferencing.
• FTP - File Transfer Protocol - an Internet file transfer service.
The following example shows SIP signaling (1) and audio (2) sessions between 
SIP clients A and B and the SIP server. 
Figure 299   SIP ALG Example 
The ALG feature is only needed for traffic that goes through the ZyWALL’s NAT. 
21.1.1  What You Can Do in this Chapter
Use the ALG screen (
) to set up SIP, H.323, and FTP ALG 
settings.