Re: NAT vs PAT?

From: Chris Roberts (chrisr@pavilion.net)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 11:30:10 EST


On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 10:45:00AM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
>
> Although the following traffic types carry IP addresses in the
> application data stream, they are supported by Cisco IOS NAT:
> ICMP
> FTP (including PORT & PASV commands)
> NetBIOS over TCP/IP (datagram and name services only, session
> service support coming soon)
> Progressive Networks' RealAudio
> White Pines' CuSeeMe
> Xing Technologies' StreamWorks
> DNS "A" and "PTR" queries
> H.323 [12.0(1)/12.0(1)T and later]
> NetMeeting [12.0(1)/12.0(1)T and later]
> VDOLive [11.3(4)/11.3(4)T and later]
> Vxtreme [11.3(4)/11.3(4)T and later]
>
> Does this mean PAT can also handle these applications, or is it limited
> only to NAT?

PAT also handles these applications. Both are dependant on having
Cisco IOS Firewall software (Now called Content Based Access Control,
CBAC) installed, otherwise you will not get support for protocols like
these that need 'helpers'.

Cheers,

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