
Chapter 4: Configuring the High-Level Network
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To add a manual SNAT from the command line
The bigpipe snat command defines one SNAT for one or more original IP
addresses, where the original IP address can be either a specific node
address or a VLAN name. To manually add a SNAT using the bigpipe snat
command, use the following syntax.
b snat map <orig_ip>... to <snat_ip>
For example, to define a SNAT for two specific nodes:
b snat map 192.168.75.50 192.168.75.51 to 192.168.100.10
To define a SNAT for two internal VLANs:
b snat map internal1 internal2 to 192.168.102.11
To define a SNAT for both a node address and a VLAN:
b snat map 192.168.75.50 internal2 to 192.168.100.12
To create individual SNAT addresses
Use the following command-line command-line syntaxsyntax to create a
SNAT mapping:
b snat map <orig_ip> [...<orig_ip>] to \
<snat_ip> [vlan <vlan_name> disable | enable] [unit <unit ID>] [netmask <ip>]
If the netmask is different from the external interface default netmask, the
command sets the netmask and derives the broadcast address.
Configuring SNAT automapping
BIG-IP includes a feature called SNAT automapping. When you map a
SNAT automatically, rather than manually, you enable the BIG-IP to choose
the translation IP address. You also enable the BIG-IP to map that
translation address from any of the following:
• One or more specified node address
• One or more VLANs
• A combination of specific node addresses and VLANs
• All node addresses (known as a default SNAT)
SNAT automapping eliminates the need for you to specifically define an IP
address as the translation address.
The SNAT automapping feature is useful in the following cases:
• Where there is a need to ensure that outbound traffic returning through
ISPs or NAT-less firewalls returns through the same ISP or firewall.
• Where a traditional single SNAT address would quickly exhaust the
number of ephemeral ports available. As long as there is more than one
eligible self IP address, SNAT automapping can increase the number of
simultaneous connections possible by using the same ephemeral port on
multiple addresses.
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