L3 Switch NAT Breakout

Network Address Translation(NAT), our implement is more like Port Address Translation(PAT), but I think call it Flow Address Translation(FAT) might be better.

  • P6: inner

  • P7: outer

  • P5: other outer

Config XML

<configSet reboot="no">
    <args>
        <nat>true</nat>   
    </args>
</configSet>

ARRAY NTB XML

breakout dns (basic sample)

<run>
    <filter id="99" alt="dns query" sessionBase="no">
        <or>
            <find name="udp.port" relation="==" content="53"/>
        </or>
    </filter>
    <filter id="3" sessionBase="no">
        <or>
            <find name="arp.request.target.ip" relation="==" content="172.16.10.10"/>
        </or>
    </filter>
    <output id="3">
        <port>P5</port>
        <arp_reply_default_mac/>
    </output>
    <output id="5">
        <port>P5</port>
        <modify_src_default_mac/>
        <modify_srcip nat="yes">172.16.10.10</modify_srcip>
        <gateway>172.16.10.1</gateway>
    </output>
    <output id="6" arp_dstip_mac="yes">
        <port>P6</port>
    </output>
    <chain>
        <in>P6</in>
        <fid type="and">F99</fid>
        <out>O5</out>
        <next type="notmatch">
            <out>P7</out>
        </next>
    </chain>
    <chain>
        <in>P7</in>
        <out>P6</out>
    </chain>
    <chain>
        <in>P5</in>
        <fid>F3</fid>
        <out>O3</out>
        <next type="notmatch">
            <out>O6</out>
        </next>
    </chain>
</run>

breakout dns and replace dns query server

  • Set P6 NAT Breakout (only dns query to 8.8.8.8) to P5

  • modify dns server from 8.8.8.8 to 168.95.1.1

breakout ssh and reply ICMP fragmentation needed if packet length over 1500

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