Question

You are the network administrator for a company that has a small block of registered IP addresses ranging from to . You want to assign these addresses to a dynamic pool in NAT. Which command should you use?

1) ip nat pool
2) ip nat inside source list
3) ip nat outside source list
4) ip nat inside destination list

Answer 1

In configuring a NAT dynamic pool, the 'ip nat pool' command is used. It defines a range of IP addresses to be dynamically assigned for NAT purposes. Other related commands play different roles in the broader NAT configuration.

Step-by-step explanation:

To assign a range of IP addresses to a dynamic pool in NAT (Network Address Translation), you should use the ip nat pool command. This is because you are dealing with a pool of registered IP addresses that you wish to assign dynamically. The correct syntax generally involves specifying the name of the pool, the starting IP address, the ending IP address, the netmask, and sometimes the type of NAT (dynamic or overload).

Here's a simplified example of how the command might look:

ip nat pool POOLNAME 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0

The command ip nat inside source list is related but is used to define which inside addresses are allowed to be translated, while the ip nat outside source list and ip nat inside destination list commands play different roles in the NAT configuration process.