Novell® BorderManager® 3.8 Network Address Translation (NAT) allows IP clients on your local network to access the Internet without requiring you to assign globally unique IP addresses to each system.
In addition, NAT acts as a filter, allowing only certain outbound connections and guaranteeing that inbound connections cannot be initiated from the public network.
NAT configuration consists of selecting one of the following three modes:
This section contains the following topics:
NOTE: This section describes the tasks required to set up an initial implementation of Novell BorderManager 3.8 NAT. For planning and conceptual information about NAT, refer the Novell BorderManager 3.8 Overview and Planning Guide, available in the online documentation.
Make sure you understand this information before setting up and configuring NAT.