Networking Essentials / IP addressing
Lesson 8 of 30
NAT
Network Address Translation lets many private devices share one public IP. The router rewrites each packet and remembers which device asked for what.
Key points
- Saves public IPv4 addresses
- Hides internal devices
- Port forwarding opens a hole through it
Quiz · +10 XP
What does NAT let many home devices do?
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