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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