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Chapter 10 Network Address Translation (NAT) 135
10.6.3 How NAT Works
Each packet has two addresses – a source address and a destination address. For outgoing packets,
the ILA (Inside Local Address) is the source address on the LAN, and the IGA (Inside Global Address)
is the source address on the WAN. For incoming packets, the ILA is the destination address on the
LAN, and the IGA is the destination address on the WAN. NAT maps private (local) IP addresses to
globally unique ones required for communication with hosts on other networks. It replaces the
original IP source address (and TCP or UDP source port numbers for Many-to-One and Many-to-
Many Overload NAT mapping) in each packet and then forwards it to the Internet. The Device keeps
track of the original addresses and port numbers so incoming reply packets can have their original
values restored. The following figure illustrates this.
Figure 88 Ho
w NAT Works
192.168.1.13
192.168.1.10
192.168.1.11
192.168.1.12
SA
192.168.1.10
SA
IGA1
Inside Local
IP Address
192.168.1.10
192.168.1.11
192.168.1.12
192.168.1.13
Inside Global
IP Address
IGA 1
IGA 2
IGA 3
IGA 4
NAT Table
WAN
LAN
Inside Local
Address (ILA)
Inside Global
Address (IGA)