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EnRoute500 User’s Guide
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You only consume a single IP address on your existing network when connecting the mesh
cluster to it.
The main disadvantage of using NAT is
You are not able to initiate connections with nodes in the mesh cluster or their clients from
outside the mesh cluster.
To set the NAT state, use the commands
> use sys
sys> set nat.enable=<yes|no>
The NAT state can be set via the web interface on the “Wired/Backhaul Interface” page (Figure
38).
Figure 38. NAT setting
11.3 VPN Access to a Mesh Gateway
An EnRoute500 configured as a gateway can establish a VPN connection to an OpenVPN
server. This VPN connection provides the following capabilities:
Any node in the mesh can be contacted directly from a remote host, even when NAT is
enabled on the gateway node. This allows remote access to nodes to monitor their
behavior or reconfigure them