Netopia R5300 User Manual

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C-4 User’s Reference Guide

When the Netopia R5000 Series Router receives this IP packet from the WWW ser ver, the Netopia R5000
Series Router replaces the destination IP address with 192.168.5.2, the address for Workstation A. The por t is
changed back to 400, the IP packet checksum is recalculated, and the IP packet is sent to Workstation A on the
Netopia R5000 Series Router’s LAN inter face.

The reasons for the IP address changes are obvious from the preceding diagram, but what is not so obvious is
why the TCP or UDP source por ts need to be changed as well. These are changed and maintained in an internal
table so the Netopia R5000 Series Router can determine which host on the local LAN inter face sent the IP
packet and what host the response from the WAN inter face is going to go to on the LAN inter face. This
becomes especially impor tant when two or more hosts on the LAN inter face are accessing the same type of
ser vice on the Internet, like a WWW ser ver (por t 80), for example.

Now look at how two hosts on the LAN inter face accessing the same WWW ser ver on the Internet will work:

Netopia

Router

WWW Server
163.176.4.32

ISP Router
200.1.1.1

Netopia Router
LAN: 192.168.5.1
WAN: 200.1.1.40

Workstations
A & B

ISP Router to WWW
Src IP: 200.1.1.40
Dst IP: 163.176.4.32
Src Port: 5001
Dst Port: 80

ISP Router to WWW
Src IP: 200.1.1.40
Dst IP: 163.176.4.32
Src Port: 5002
Dst Port: 80

WWW to ISP Router
Src IP: 163.176.4.32
Dst IP: 200.1.1.40
Src Port: 80
Dst Port: 5002

WWW to ISP Router
Src IP: 163.176.4.32
Dst IP: 200.1.1.40
Src Port: 80
Dst Port: 5001

Netopia to ISP Router
Src IP: 200.1.1.40
Dst IP: 163.176.4.32
Src Port: 5001
Dst Port: 80

Netopia to ISP Router
Src IP: 200.1.1.40
Dst IP: 163.176.4.32
Src Port: 5002
Dst Port: 80

ISP Router to Netopia
Src IP: 163.176.4.32
Dst IP: 200.1.1.40
Src Port: 80
Dst Port: 5002

ISP Router to Netopia
Src IP: 163.176.4.32
Dst IP: 200.1.1.40
Src Port: 80
Dst Port: 5001

Wkstn A to Netopia
Src IP: 192.168.5.2
Dst IP: 163.176.4.32
Src Port: 400
Dst Port: 80

Wkstn B to Netopia
Src IP: 192.168.5.3
Dst IP: 163.176.4.32
Src Port: 400
Dst Port: 80

Netopia to Wkstn B
Src IP: 163.176.4.32
Dst IP: 192.168.5.3
Src Port: 80
Dst Port: 400

Netopia to Wkstn A
Src IP: 163.176.4.32
Dst IP: 192.168.5.2
Src Port: 80
Dst Port: 400

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