Avocent Access Router Cyclades-PR2000 User Manual

NAT exists to convert local IP addresses into Internet “global” IP addresses.  Internet IP addresses are
assigned by Internet providers.  Due to the explosion of the internet, these numbers are scarce.  Certain ranges
of IP addresses are reserved for internal use only — they may not have a direct connection to the Internet (for
reference, they are 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0 - 172.16.255.255, and 192.168.0.0 -
192.168.255.255).  These are used as local IP addresses.  Figure 11.1 shows an example of the utility of NAT:

WWW

Server

Host

Global Address Range
- Network: 200.240.230.224
- Mask: 255.255.255.240

PR2000 With

Expanded NAT

PC

Router Ethernet Port
Primary IP Address: 192.168.0.1
Secondary IP Address: 200.200.200.1

192.168.0.5

Networks
192.168.0.0 &
200.200.200.0

Host

ftp
Server

192.168.0.31

192.168.0.30

FIGURE 11.1  NAT EXAMPLE

In this example, the company has:

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14 global IP addresses available for NAT, 200.240.230.225 to 200.240.230.238,

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Two networks connected to the router via the Ethernet Interface, one of which will be translated,

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Two servers that are accessed via the same global IP address, assigned statically.