One of the roadblocks that many home lab enthusiasts hit when they start self hosting services is the specter of Carrier Grade Network Address Translation, or CGNAT. This wonderful solution to the ...

6 Types of Network Address Translation: Which One to Use? Your email has been sent Even though we’re no longer running out of IP addresses, Network Address Translation still plays a vital role. Learn ...

In the vast ocean of network communications, Network Address Translation (NAT) stands as a pivotal lighthouse, guiding the flow of data packets to their correct destinations while conserving the ...

Almost from inception, the adoption and usage of the internet have grown at a rapid rate. Various sources estimate a growth rate of around 9% per year to nearly 5 billion users in 2021, more than ...

Stop me if you've heard this already, but we ran out of public IPv4 addresses years ago. Yet, the internet didn't grind to a halt, and the explosive growth of internet-connected devices didn't slow ...

Any general-use IP protocol stack that supports IPv6 also supports IPv4. That is, it is dual stack capable. “General-use” is an important qualifier here: Certainly there will be specialized devices ...

Just ask any economist: When a commodity is in short supply, several things happen. The price goes up, rationing begins, and people start scrambling for substitutes. Globally unique Internet addresses ...

NAT, or network address translation, is a function embedded in even the simplest of SOHO routers. Simply put, NAT hides your device’s “real” address from the network by translating this address to a ...

Once upon a time, anyone could get a static Internet Protocol (IP) Class C /24 address. That meant you got 256 addresses, well actually since .0 and .255 are set aside, and one address was assigned to ...