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NAT / PAT — Watch the Translation Table Build

Three inside hosts, one public IP, one outside server. Send a packet and watch R1 rewrite the source on the way out, build a translation-table entry, then untranslate the reply on the way back — for PAT (overload), static NAT, and a dynamic pool. Inject the classic misconfigs and see exactly where traffic dies.

IDLEPacket State
Inside Global (after NAT)
Verdict
WAN · public LAN · 10.0.0.0/24 PC-A 10.0.0.5 inside PC-B 10.0.0.6 inside PC-C 10.0.0.7 inside R1 · NAT Gi0/0 ip nat inside Gi0/1 ip nat outside public 203.0.113.7 Server 8.8.8.8 outside · :443
📡 Send a packet to the internet
📜 Packet's journey
  1. Pick a mode + source, then click Send Packet. Each hop and rewrite appears here.
📋 R1# show ip nat translations
ProInside globalInside localOutside localOutside global
— no active translations —

PAT shares one Inside Global across hosts (told apart by port). Static NAT rows have no protocol/ports and never time out.

Practice — NAT, PAT & the four terms

Score: 0 / 0

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Question
Drill this into reflex

"Inside local vs inside global" — until it's automatic

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