NAT pool are all occupied and there are more hosts that want to make a conn

[lifebook567]

What if all addresses in a NAT pool are all occupied and there are more hosts that want to make a connection to outside? How the router manages that? Just drop those connection, wait, or what?

[pkhatri]

I assume you mean a NAT, not a PAT setup. In that case, the next connection will fail. When the existing NAT translations time out, new NAT translations will be allowed...

Paresh