An organization needs to connect 150 internal workstations on the private subnet to external web services simultaneously. The Internet Service Provider (ISP) has allocated only a single public IPv4 address () to the perimeter router's WAN interface. Which address translation method must be configured on the router to meet these requirements by mapping multiple private IP addresses to unique source port numbers on the shared public IP address?
- Port Address Translation (PAT / NAT Overload)Cevap
- BStatic Network Address Translation (Static NAT)
- CDynamic Network Address Translation (Dynamic NAT pool)
- DLayer 2 MAC Address Translation (MAT)
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Port Address Translation (PAT / NAT Overload) must be configured on the router.
Port Address Translation (PAT), also referred to as NAT Overload, is designed specifically for scenarios where multiple internal hosts with private IPv4 addresses must share one or a few public IPv4 addresses. PAT achieves this by translating both the Layer 3 IP address and the Layer 4 TCP/UDP port numbers. Each outbound session from an internal workstation receives a unique ephemeral source port tied to the single public IP address (), allowing the router's translation table to correctly forward returning traffic to the originating host.
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Port Address Translation (PAT / NAT Overload)