Network Address Translation (NAT) is a mechanism to translate the IP address of a computer or group of computers into a single public address when the packets are sent out to the Internet. By translating the IP address, only one IP address is publicized to the outside network. Since only one IP address is visible to the outside world, NAT provides additional security and it can have only one public address for the entire network instead of having multiple IP addresses.
| Feature hierarchy | Feature Name |
|---|---|
| Network Address Translation / | Enhanced persistent NAT binding support |
| Network Address Translation / | Many-to-one source NAT for IPv4 multicast traffic |
| Network Address Translation / | Monitor and manage port utilization with CGNAT |
| Network Address Translation / | NAT IPv6 translations offloading to NPU |
| Network Address Translation / | NAT Support for VRF Routing-Instance |
| Network Address Translation / | NAT64 router advertisement |
| Network Address Translation / | Stateful synchronization (NAT & stateful firewall flows) |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Aggregated Multiservice Interface / | Aggregated multiservices interface |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Aggregated Multiservice Interface / | High availability for IPsec |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Aggregated Multiservice Interface / | Load balancing dynamic endpoint IPsec tunnels among services interfaces |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Aggregated Multiservice Interface / | Support for PTSP application on aggregated and redundant service PICs |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Application Layer Gateway (CGNAT) / | Global session timeout settings |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Core CGNAT features / | CGNAT for Multinode High Availability |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Core CGNAT features / | CLI command parity for carrier-grade NAT and stateful firewall |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Core CGNAT features / | Carrier-grade NAT (CGN) scaling |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Core CGNAT features / | Carrier-grade NAT services over abstracted fabric interfaces |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Core CGNAT features / | Displaying the timestamp in syslog |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Core CGNAT features / | H.323 NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Core CGNAT features / | NAT port block allocation (PBA) monitoring |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Core CGNAT features / | NAT with deterministic IP address and port mapping |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Core CGNAT features / | Port overflow burst mode |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Core CGNAT features / | Regulate and add frame and byte count for CGNAT syslog messages |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Dual-Stack Lite / | Additional DS-Lite features |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Dual-Stack Lite / | DS-Lite support for Anycast and 6PE (IPv6 Provider Edge) |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Dual-Stack Lite / | DS-Lite support for EIM, EIF, AP-P, and hairpinning |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Dual-Stack Lite / | Dual Stack Lite (DS-Lite) Softwires |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Dual-Stack Lite / | Dual-Stack Lite (DS-Lite) |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Dual-Stack Lite / | IPv6 dual-stack lite (DS-Lite) |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Dual-Stack Lite / | Limit softwire flows per IPv6 prefix for DS-Lite |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Dual-Stack Lite / | MTU and fragmentation configuration for DS-Lite packets |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Dual-Stack Lite / | Ping and traceroute available for DS-Lite softwire tunnels |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Dual-Stack Lite / | Transition of IPv4 traffic to IPv6 addresses using Dual-Stack Lite (DS-Lite) |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Dual-Stack Lite / | Using IPv4-to-IPv6 dual stack as a migration path to IPv6 |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / IPv6 Rapid Deployment over IPv4 / | Inline 6rd |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / MAP-E / | Full reassembly of IPv4 and IPv6 packets for MAP-E |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / MAP-E / | JET MAP-E Service API |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / MAP-E / | Mapping of Address and Port with Encapsulation (MAP-E) Softwires for CGNAT Next Gen Services |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / MAP-E / | Partial reassembly of IPv4 packets for MAP-E |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / | 464XLAT support for mobility |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / | NAT Scaling Improvement |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / | NAT features on PMI mode |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / | NAT for Multicast Traffic solution alongwith PIM-to-IGMP proxy |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Address pooling |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Address sharing |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Allocate multiple ranges in NAT pool |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Carrier NAT - Source NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Central point architecture enhancements for NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Cone NAT Hairpining |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Configurable capacity for source NAT pools with PAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Destination NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Enhancements to source NAT pool IP address range and NAT pool name character length |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Full Cone NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | IPSEC NAT-Traversal |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | IPv6-to-IPv6 Network Address Translation |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Increase In the Maximum Sessions Allowed For a Persistent NAT Binding Overview |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Increased IP address pool limit |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Increased port block allocation size |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT Configuration Check on Egress Interfaces After Reroute |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT address pool utilization threshold status |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT compliance enhancements |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT resource utilization |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT rule session count alarm |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT rule sessions |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT session logging |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT support for DNS |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT support for global address book |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT traversal (NAT-T) for site-to-site IPsec VPNs (IPv4) |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT-PT [RFC2766] is a IPv4-to-IPv6 transition mechanism |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | NAT64 IPv6 Prefix to IPv4 Address Persistent Translation (464XLAT) |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Network Address Translation and Protocol Translation for CGNAT Next Gen Services |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Network Address Translation support for port mapping |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Pool translation |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Retain existing NAT session with destination NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Round-robin allocation for NAPT addresses |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Source NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Source NAT port overload |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Source NAT preserve range support |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Source NAT resource allocation improved |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Support for twice NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Core NAT features / | Twin port configuration |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Deterministic NAT / | Deterministic NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Deterministic NAT / | NAT for GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Deterministic NAT / | Port block allocation |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Deterministic NAT / | Port overloading |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Deterministic NAT / | Symmetric NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Static NAT / | Carrier NAT support - Static and Dest NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Static NAT / | Static NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Static NAT / | Static NAT rule match for source address and source port |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Static NAT / | Static NAT with NAPT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Static NAT / | Static NAT with PAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT / Static NAT / | Static Source NAT - IP-shifting DIP |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | Carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT) J-Flow logging |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | IPv6 MTU for NAT64 and NAT464 traffic |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | NAT mapping controls and EIF session limits |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | NAT port block allocation (PBA) option |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | NAT provisioning changes |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | NAT with deterministic port block allocation |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | Port block allocation for Next Gen Services |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | Port forwarding |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | Restrictions on NAT configuration on DPCs |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | Selection of NAT pools based on transport protocol |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | Support for NAT pools in the packet gateway and packet gateway controller |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | Support for NAT traversal for VoIP |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / NAT (Line Card-Specific) / | Support for bidirectional NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Port Control Protocol / | Distinct NAT ports for the same NAT IP address for PCP and DS-Lite |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Port Control Protocol / | PCP version 2 |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Port Control Protocol / | Port Control Protocol (PCP) support for DS-Lite for CGNAT Next Gen Services |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Port Control Protocol / | Port Control Protocol support for DS-Lite |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Port Control Protocol / | Port control protocol |
| Network Address Translation / Carrier-Grade NAT / Stateful Firewall / | Stop creating sessions for TCP non-SYN packets |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Destination IP address translation |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Destination NAT with PAT |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Destination NAT within same Subnet as ingress interface IP |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Destination addresses and port numbers to one single address and a specific port number (M:1P) |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Destination addresses to another range of addresses (M:M) |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Destination addresses to one single address (M:1) |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Disable source NAT port randomization |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Inline Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Inline NAT features licensable |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Inline static source NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Interface Source NAT - Interface DIP |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | J:Web: Enhanced Source NAT feature |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Mapping of Address and Port using Translation (MAP-T) |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Mapping of Address and Port using Translation (MAP-T) solution |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Multiple 64k port support on source NAT pool - expand NAT capacity |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Oversubscribed NAT pool with fallback to PAT when the address pool is exhausted- Src NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | PAT port capacity increase, interim logging, and block recycling |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Persistent NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Persistent NAT Hairpinning |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Persistent NAT binding for wildcard ports |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Removing persistent NAT query bindings |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Rule translation |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Rule-based NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Session Persistence After NAT Configuration Change |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Single IP address in a source NAT pool without PAT |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source IP address translation |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source IP outside of the Interface subnet - Src NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source NAT - IP Address Persistency |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source NAT pool usage |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source NAT pool utilization alarm |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source NAT rule match for source port |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source NAT with Loopback grouping - DIP with loopback grouping |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source NAT with PAT - Port-translated |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source NAT without PAT - Fix-port |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source Pool Grouping - Src NAT |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source address and group address translation for multicast flows |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Source and destination NAT rule application |
| Network Address Translation / Inline NAT / | Support for FlowTapLite |