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FVS336GV2 Nat or Routing ?
I am trying to secure our home network a bit more before it gets "tested".
I understand NAT, and I understand Routing. What I don't understand is how the FVS336GV2 can do routing without NAT or if that is what it is doing.
On my Network Configuration - WAN Mode, I can choose "Use NAT or Classical Routing between WAN & LAN interfaces?"
What does "Classical Routing" do differently and is it any better than NAT?
I Google'd this and found lots of stuff on NAT and firewalls and software vs hardware and more, but nothing that compared NAT vs Routing in the same device...
I understand NAT, and I understand Routing. What I don't understand is how the FVS336GV2 can do routing without NAT or if that is what it is doing.
On my Network Configuration - WAN Mode, I can choose "Use NAT or Classical Routing between WAN & LAN interfaces?"
What does "Classical Routing" do differently and is it any better than NAT?
I Google'd this and found lots of stuff on NAT and firewalls and software vs hardware and more, but nothing that compared NAT vs Routing in the same device...
- I'm not so sure that you understand NAT or why it's necessary.
Answer this question - do you need to share a single public ip between multiple devices - or in the case of a dual WAN router such as the FVS336G, two public ip addresses?
If the answer is yes, then classic routing is not an option, you MUST use NAT and this is why you're unlikely to see a comparison between the two - consider them mutually exclusive options, that do different things.
If you used the FVS336 as a classic router connected to the internet (and yes, you can use it that way), you're going to need a public routable ip address for every device on it's LAN interface
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- What may you think it does for something the website check ports opening check only ?
- Sorry, I do not understand what you are asking.
- ShieldsUp does NOT disable SPI, it only checks to see how your router/firewall responds when queried - why do you want to disable SPI?
- I read that SPI has overhead that affects throughput. Current throughput is 50% of the rated speed of the router. It is a new router from Netgear I just got a couple of days ago as an RMA replacement for my old FVS336Gv1 that died. Have updated to latest firmware, reset to defaults, and added my isp info.
- What is the ISP speed and speed behind FVS
- ISP with their throwaway router - 50
FVS - 32
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Was getting 41 with the v1.
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