Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:20:04 +1000 From: Chris Keladis <ckeladis@gmail.com> To: Minnesota Slinky <mnslinky@hotmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How many hosts can utilize one NAT server? Message-ID: <268f570d04062306206f02cd2e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <000a01c458a9$acce8730$6501a8c0@Nomad> References: <000a01c458a9$acce8730$6501a8c0@Nomad>
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:38:44 -0500, Minnesota Slinky <mnslinky@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I was wondering how many hosts can a single NAT server server? I > couldn't find it on the net, although I know it's there somewhere. This would depend on the type of NAT being done, ie 1:1 static or PAT (aka overloading). If the latter, you can only support (around) 65,535 sessions or the size of a 16bit port number. Regards, Chris.
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