Skip to content

Commit 04d4b3e

Browse files
authored
Merge pull request #88360 from EmanuelSifuentes/patch-5
Added dynamic NAT unidirectional comment
2 parents 1aca571 + 91e2df1 commit 04d4b3e

File tree

1 file changed

+4
-1
lines changed

1 file changed

+4
-1
lines changed

articles/vpn-gateway/nat-overview.md

Lines changed: 4 additions & 1 deletion
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ NAT on a gateway device translates the source and/or destination IP addresses, b
3434

3535
* **Dynamic NAT**: For dynamic NAT, an IP address can be translated to different target IP addresses based on availability, or with a different combination of IP address and TCP/UDP port. The latter is also called NAPT, Network Address and Port Translation. Dynamic rules will result in stateful translation mappings depending on the traffic flows at any given time.
3636

37+
> [!NOTE]
38+
> When Dynamic NAT rules are used, traffic is unidirectional which means communication must be initiated from the site that is represented in the Internal Mapping field of the rule. If traffic is initiated from the External Mapping, the connection will not be established. If you require bidirectional traffic initiation, then use a static NAT rule to define a 1:1 mapping.
39+
3740
Another consideration is the address pool size for translation. If the target address pool size is the same as the original address pool, use static NAT rule to define a 1:1 mapping in a sequential order. If the target address pool is smaller than the original address pool, use dynamic NAT rule to accommodate the differences.
3841

3942
> [!IMPORTANT]
@@ -123,4 +126,4 @@ To implement the NAT configuration as shown above, first create the NAT rules in
123126

124127
## Next steps
125128

126-
See [Configure NAT on Azure VPN gateways](nat-howto.md) for steps to configure NAT for your cross-premises connections.
129+
See [Configure NAT on Azure VPN gateways](nat-howto.md) for steps to configure NAT for your cross-premises connections.

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)