Sony MP595 Modem User Manual


 
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Non-NAT mode
InnonNATconfiguration,youcanconnectonlyoneclient
device,suchasacomputertotheMPmodem,asshownin
Figure51.
Inthismode,theIPaddressobtainedfromtheexternal
networkispasseddirectlytotheclientdevice,whichiswhy
therecanbeonlyoneclient.
Figure 5-1: MP modem in non-NAT mode
NAT mode
InNATmode,youcanconnectupto10devicestotheMP
modemusingEthernetconnectionsandupto10additional
devicesusingWAP.
Inthismode,theIPaddressesassignedbytheMPmodemto
theclientdevicesareprivateIPaddresses.TheMPNAT
managesthetranslationofIPaddressesandportsbetweenthe
localandexternalnetworks.
Thefollowingillustrationshowsasamplenetworkwith4
computers,twoconnectedonanEthernetLANandtwo
connectedwithWAP.
IP:aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
IP:aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
MP modem in non-NAT mode
Client device
Serial, USB, Ethernet,
or WAP interface
External
Network