User's Manual

EnRoute50x/51x User’s Guide

TR0153 Rev. D2

However, devices on the external network cannot initiate communication with any nodes in the

mesh cluster, or their clients, other than the mesh cluster gateway.

The advantages of using NAT are:

You can easily attach a mesh cluster to an existing network. You do not need to modify any

settings on the router on your existing network to forward packets to the IP addresses

used in your mesh cluster.

The nodes in the mesh cluster are shielded from the network that the gateway is attached

to.

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.

CLI

To set the NAT state, use the commands

> use sys

sys> set nat.enable=<yes|no>

Web GUI

The NAT state can be set via the web interface on the “Wired/Backhaul Interface” page (Figure

38).