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The Practical OPNET User Guide for Computer Network Simulation
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The Practical OPNET User Guide for Computer Network Simulation

by Adarshpal S. Sethi, Vasil Y. Hnatyshin
August 2012
Beginner content levelBeginner
527 pages
15h 51m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
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10
Advanced IP
Protocol Features
This chapter describes various advanced IP features supported in OPNET. We start
the chapter by describing available OPNET options for conguring Network Address
Translation (NAT), followed by IP multicasting and IPv6. We conclude the chapter
by providing a detailed description of QoS mechanisms modeled in OPNET.
10.1 NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT)
10.1.1 OvErvIEw OF nat
Network Address Translation (NAT) is a mechanism for mapping private IP addresses
(e.g., 10.0.0.0/8, 169.254.0.0/16, 172.16.0.0/11, and 192.168.0.0/16) into globally unique
addresses. With the help of NAT, all hosts in a domain with a li ...
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