Network Address Translation - Advantages of PAT

Advantages of PAT

In addition to the advantages provided by NAT:

  • PAT (Port Address Translation) allows many internal hosts to share a single external IP address.
  • Users who do not require support for inbound connections do not consume public IP addresses.

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