Cisco Networks: Engineers' Handbook of Routing, Switching, and Security with IOS, NX-OS, and ASA

© Chris Carthern and William Wilson and Noel Rivera 2021

C. Carthern et al.Cisco Networkshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6672-4_9

9. Network Address Translation and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Chris Carthern¹  , William Wilson² and Noel Rivera³

(1)

Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand

(2)

FPO, AP, USA

(3)

APO, AE, USA

 

This chapter covers Network Address Translation (NAT) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). The NAT discussion covers static NAT, dynamic NAT, and Port Address Translation (PAT). DHCP covers configuring the router to forward a DHCP request and configuring a router to be a DHCP server. At the end of the chapter, there are exercises to reinforce the NAT and DHCP concepts.

NAT

NAT was implemented to deter the exhaustion of IP address ...