See the 5.1A release notes for details, but here's an extract: ========== • For incoming calls, the Pipeline can perform NAT for multiple hosts on the local network using its own IP address. The MAX routes incoming packets for up to 10 different TCP or UDP ports to specific servers on the local network. Translations between the local network and the Internet or remote network are static and need to be preconfigured. You need to define a list of local servers and the UDP and TCP ports each would handle. You can also define a local default server that handles UDP and TCP ports not listed. For example, you can configure the Pipeline to route all incoming packets for TCP port 80—the standard port for HTTP—to port 80 of a World Wide Web server on the local network. The port you route to does not have to be the same as the port specified in the incoming packets. For example, you can route all packets for TCP port 119, the well known port for Network News Transfer Protocol, to port 1119 on a Usenet News server on the local network. You can also specify a default server that receives any packets that aren’t sent to one of the routed ports. If you don’t specify any routed ports but do specify a default server, the default server receives all packets from the remote network that are sent to the Pipeline. When you configure the Pipeline to route incoming packets for a particular TCP or UDP port to a specific server on the local network, multiple hosts on the remote network can connect to the server at the same time. The number of connections is limited only by the amount of memory the Pipeline has available. ========== To the outside world, your whole NAT subnet will "hide" behind a single IP address. All "real" addresses behind the NAT Pipeline will be proxied by the Pipeline to that one address, the Pipeline keeps track by using dynamic/different port numbers for each session. You can use the static port mappings to take care of your requirements....all resources will look like they are on the same IP address, and the Pipeline will distribute the incoming packets (ftp/http etc.) to the appropriate internal/local address based on static mappings per port/socket. For example, you may assign: port 80 (http) to internal/local IP address 10.20.10.171 port 21 (ftp) to internal/local IP address 10.20.10.172 while to the outside world they all look like the "assigned address". Your DNS will have to be configured appropriately too. Kevin ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10658.html">(ASCEND) Q. Can you run servers behind Pipeline (running NAT)?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: "Edwin Yeh" <ery2@po.cwru.edu></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10672.html">Re: (ASCEND) Radius Ascend-Data-Rate for 56K</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10670.html">Re: (ASCEND) Q. Can you run servers behind Pipeline (running NAT)?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10729.html">Re: (ASCEND) Q. Can you run servers behind Pipeline (running NAT)?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10668.html">Re: (ASCEND) Q. Can you run servers behind Pipeline (running NAT)?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail3.html#10677"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd240.html#10677"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>