Question 1

What is NAT?

Accepted Answer

A technique used to change the IP address of a device while it is in transit across a network

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A technique used to improve network performance

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A technique used to share a single IP address among multiple devices

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A technique used to secure a network from external threats

Question 2

What is the purpose of NAT?

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To allow devices with private IP addresses to communicate with devices on the public Internet

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To hide the existence of devices on a network

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To optimize network performance

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To encrypt network traffic

Question 3

What is a private IP address?

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An IP address that is not routable on the public Internet

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An IP address that is used for public-facing servers

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An IP address that is allocated by ICANN

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An IP address that is reserved for military use

Question 4

What is a public IP address?

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An IP address that is routable on the public Internet

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An IP address that is only used for email communication

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An IP address that is not associated with any device

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An IP address that is used for private internal networks

Question 5

What is the purpose of a NAT router?

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To translate between private and public IP addresses

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To assign IP addresses to devices on a network

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To manage network performance

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To filter network traffic

Question 6

What is a static NAT?

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A NAT configuration where a public IP address is permanently mapped to a private IP address

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A NAT configuration where multiple private IP addresses are mapped to a single public IP address

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A NAT configuration where a public IP address is randomly assigned to a device

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A NAT configuration where no IP address translation is performed

Question 7

What is a dynamic NAT?

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A NAT configuration where a pool of public IP addresses is used to map to private IP addresses on an as-needed basis

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A NAT configuration where no IP address translation is performed

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A NAT configuration where a single public IP address is mapped to multiple private IP addresses

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A NAT configuration where the public IP address is randomly assigned to a device

Question 8

What is port forwarding?

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A technique used to forward incoming network traffic to a specific device on a private network

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A technique used to encrypt network traffic

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A technique used to filter network traffic

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A technique used to optimize network performance

Question 9

What is the difference between NAT and PAT?

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NAT translates between a single public IP address and multiple private IP addresses, while PAT translates between multiple public IP addresses and multiple private IP addresses

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NAT is used for incoming network traffic, while PAT is used for outgoing network traffic

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NAT is used to filter network traffic, while PAT is used to optimize network performance

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NAT and PAT are two different terms for the same technique

Question 10

What is double NAT?

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A situation where two routers performing NAT are placed in sequence on a network, which can cause issues with network connectivity

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A situation where two devices both have public IP addresses

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A situation where network traffic is routed through two different ISPs

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A situation where a single device has two network adapters

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