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Reference Manual for the Model FVS318 Broadband  ProSafe VPN Firewall 
B-8
Networks, Routing, and Firewall Basics
M-10146-01
Single IP Address Operation Using NAT
In the past, if multiple PCs on a LAN needed to access the Internet simultaneously, you had to 
obtain a range of IP addresses from the ISP. This type of Internet account is more costly than a 
single-address account typically used by a single user with a modem, rather than a router. The 
FVS318 VPN Firewall employs an address-sharing method called Network Address Translation 
(NAT). This method allows several networked PCs to share an Internet account using only a single 
IP address, which may be statically or dynamically assigned by your ISP.
The router accomplishes this address sharing by translating the internal LAN IP addresses to a 
single address that is globally unique on the Internet. The internal LAN IP addresses can be either 
private addresses or registered addresses. For more information about IP address translation, refer 
to RFC 1631, The IP Network Address Translator (NAT).
The following figure illustrates a single IP address operation.
 
Figure B-3:  Single IP Address Operation Using NAT
This scheme offers the additional benefit of firewall-like protection because the internal LAN 
addresses are not available to the Internet through the translated connection. All incoming 
inquiries are filtered out by the router. This filtering can prevent intruders from probing your 
system. However, using port forwarding, you can allow one PC (for example, a Web server) on 
your local network to be accessible to outside users.
192.168.0.2
192.168.0.3
192.168.0.4
192.168.0.5
192.168.0.1
172.21.15.105
Private IP addresses
assigned by user
Internet
IP addresses
assigned by ISP