NAT: 1:1: Edit > WAN net&WAN address
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Hi, all! I can't get the difference between "WAN net" and "WAN address", "LAN net" and "LAN address" and ext., when defining source/destination fields of NAT rules. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks !
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"net" is the entire subnet on an interface, e.g. x.x.x.0/24. "address" is only the one specific IP address on that interface, e.g. x.x.x.2
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Don't make the same mistake I did and assume that WAN net = Internet. As Jim said, WAN net is only the particular subnet that your WAN IP address is part of and not the Internet as a whole.
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i still don't understand the difference :-\ !! would you like to give me more explainations
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LAN address is only the specific ip address you choose for your LAN interface. Example: 192.168.0.1
LAN net is the whole ip subnetwork in which your LAN address reside. Example: 192.168.0.1;192.168.0.2;192.168.0.3; and up to ;192.168.0.254 (assuming the same LAN address as above and a /24 ip subnet = mask 255.255.255.0)It's very hard to explain better when you don't tell us with exactly what parts of ip networking you do understand and what you don't.
Do you know what a ip subnet is? Are you familiar with the convention of describing subnets as /16 and /24 and do you understand the difference between them?
If you do, please tell us what ip address and subnet you use on your LAN interface.
