<![CDATA[<p>What is NAT routing? </p><p><span id="bodyfont" style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">NAT (or Network Address Translation) is a type of firewall.<span> </span>NAT allows a router (with a DHCP server) to get its own IP address and then, using a trick involving port numbers, hide any other devices that may be plugged into its DHCP server.<span> </span>This routing technique allows users of broadband, who often only pay for 1 IP address from their ISP, to connect multiple devices to the same connection.<span> </span>Unfortunately, NAT also can causes problems with many services that rely on specific IPs and ports such as VPN, DHCP, some games, and other applications.<span> </span></font></font></p>
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