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Next week I'm getting a new internet connection installed. It comes with 5 static IP addresses by default.
Now, I would like to use some of these IPs on my systems. However, I have more than 5 devices to connect, so I would like to use NAT on one of the IP addresses.
I would like to know if there are devices available that function as a NAT gateway/router, while also functioning as a plain network switch. I have 3 physical locations where I want to connect devices on the wired network, as well as desired support for WLAN (ideally also integrated in the device I'm looking for)
Since I have a few existing cables running through my house, I would like to use those. Basically, I need a device that offers NAT, but is smart enough to properly route other traffic as well.
Note: the Juniper router is owned by my ISP and I'm not allowed to connect more than one device
I'm thinking this might just work out-of-box, but I haven't ever tried it. Thoughts?
Not an answer, but, I planned something similar ages ago... then... I got lazy and just used nat for everything as it was only one or two services that needed to be published... good question +1 – William Hilsum – 2011-07-07T12:57:33.770
I have identical services running on multiple machines. Without dedicated IPs I would need to assign non standard port numbers, so I won't give up as easily :) – Thorarin – 2011-07-07T16:38:27.827
Thorarin: I've previously dealt with the wanting to share the same ports between multiple machines in the past by employing a reverse proxy. Though I've only really done that for http(s) traffic. Though apparently it can be done at the TCP/IP & DNS level, rather than service level. – James T Snell – 2011-07-12T17:08:44.387