What is NAT? NAT is NOT a firewall.

NAT hides and translates your internal IP addresses to one or more WAN IP addresses on your router. It's not a firewall and the only security that it really provides is hiding your internal IP addresses. Firewalls pay attentions to states, rules, and patterns that actually block traffic.

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[waynenocton]

Ah man that’s bringing back memories, WinGate was amazing to we fledgling computer nerds even making us actually use Windows instead of OS2 at times. Thanks for the flashback.

[brentwalser]

Thank you for this video. Please expand further on this topic. Again thanks for your IT segments. 😊

[druxpack]

can we follow up with a video about how a static IP isn't routing?

[boudewijndejong]

You made a video about Unifi WAN-NAT-isch possibilities on the UDM-Pro. Would it be possible to make an update of that, to see where we stand with the possibilities.

[stevekemble]

For a home user, or work from home user, i have been relying in the firewall built into EdgeRouter. Does a home user need a dedicated firewall appliance?

[haroldpepete]

but Nat is a crucial part of security, it's a best option than connect a device to the internet directly, and you can do NAt with port overload to only redirect one port or whatever you want, it's not a firewall but both are related