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dominic58

join:2008-04-15
Madison Heights, MI
reply to jza80
Re: [Wired] using a BEFW11S4 as a switch

what does double nating mean and what negative effects does it cause since all is working well?

jza80

join:2005-10-29
Sacramento, CA

NAT = network address translation.

»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_ad···nslation

Both of your devices (sr41 and befw) do NAT. Theres exceptions to this, firewall on or off and device set to router or gateway mode. Regardless of this, the WAN port on the befw should not be used.

This is not a problem for computers connected to the first router/gateway (SR41), but computers connected to the befw have to go thru 2 devices (SR41 and befw). So computers connected to the befw are double NAT'ed.

Other problems are port forwarding or file/printer sharing. If you need to port forward to a computer behind the befw, port forwarding has to be set on both routers/gateways (sr41 and befw).

With file/printer sharing, computers behind the befw can access computers behind the sr41, but not vise versa.
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