pix configuration

[nataraj_v]

Dear All ,

can any body pls explain me abt this statement..im bit confused

static (inside,externalnet) 10.0.0.0 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 0 0

in this nat we are using same source and same destination. whts the use of this nat statement.

Thanks in advance

Regards

nataraj

[nkhawaja]

PIX has the limitation of having to have a translation defined for inbound/outbound traffic (except nat0)

so you can have nat/global or static statemetns

now the statement that you have just tells the pix to translates the IP to its own IP. so it is a translation of IP to itself.

the use of this nat satement is to allow communcation from outside to inside to the original address which is 10.0.0.0/8