IP Network Address Translator (NAT) Terminology and Considerations
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The motivation behind this document is to provide clarity to the terms used in conjunction with Network Address Translators.The term "Network Address Translator" means different things in different contexts.The intent of this document is to define the various flavors of NAT and standardize the meaning of terms used.
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NAPT allows multiple devices within a private network to share a single public IP address.
“The most common variant, Network Address Port Translation (NAPT), also known as Port Address Translation (PAT), allows multiple devices within a private network to share a single public IP address [15].”
From Large-Scale Measurement of NAT Traversal for the Decentralized Web: A Case Study of DCUtR in IPFS (2026) · cites this paper as [15]
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Large-Scale Measurement of NAT Traversal for the Decentralized Web: A Case Study of DCUtR in IPFS
Trautwein, D., Ihle, C., Schubotz, M., Breitinger, C., & Gipp, B. (2026) · Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Internet Measurement Conference · doi:10.1145/3777912.3809138
- Authors
- Srisuresh, P., & Holdrege, M.
- Affiliations
- Alcatel-Lucent (France) (FR)
- Publisher
- RFC Editor
- Published
- 1999-08
- OpenAlex
- W1593925121
- Cited by
- 478
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- 0
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- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Network Traffic and Congestion Control
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Technology and Education Systems
- Keywords
- network address translation, IP addressing, terminology standardization
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