Hello
New to cambium, Iam wondering what the difference between NAT vs Router for the SM side on the epmp 1000. I understand bridge.
Pros and Cons for all three would be great input.
Thanks
Mike
NAT (Network Address Translation) That is to say one (WAN) IP address is used to source internet to multiple LAN IPs.
ROUTER mode would man you are actually routing a subnet from the WAN side to the LAN side.
NAT Example: WAN ip address 104.37.70.19 is assigned to the WAN/wireless side of the SM. NAT is enabled and the LAN(Ethernet) has 192.168.1.1 assigned to it.. The host computers on the LAN side will all have addresses in the 192.168.1.0/24 address range or (192.168.1.2-192.168.1.254) and 192.168.1.1 will be the gateway. All the computers will appear to be 104.37.70.19 to all hosts on the internet.
Routing Example: (No Wan/LAN)
SM is in router mode. The wireless interface has an IP of 10.3.0.10 assigned to it. An upstream router is routing 104.37.70.0/24 to the 10.3.0.10 address.
The Ethernet on the SM has an address of 104.37.70.1/24 assigned to it. The host computers attatched to the SM will have addresses in the 104.37.70.0/24 subnet or (104.37.70.2-104.37.70.254) and 104.37.70.1 will be the gateway.
Each host will appear as a unique IP address to computers on the internet.
Clear as mud??
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Helped me out. thanks