A true modem doesnt NAT, it only modulates and demodulates and of course it doesnt have an IP, it's whatever device is behind it that gets the IP; usually the modem is a sepearate unit and people plug directly in to it or have a router and/or firewall behind it. A device that combines NAT/PAT capability is referred to as a residential gateway http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&hs=ePZ&lr=&clie nt=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&oi=def more&q=define:Residential+gateway. Additionally, STATIC NAT does give you an internet IP-to-private-network-IP ratio (of course you have to have them allocated via your ISP) but a straight connection to a cable modem will not allow you multiple internet-routable IP's. Regarding NAT being great for your average windows user who doesnt want their computer available from the outside, all you would have to do is enable port forwarding.
Additional info on NAT: each type of NAT translates a non-routeable (private network) IP to an actual internet routable IP. Static NAT has a 1:1 ratio whereas dynamic NAT is configured to have any ratio where the non-routeable IP's outnumber the routeable IP's and each non-routeable IP takes turns using the routeable ip's. PAT is where you have one internet-routeable IP and have multiple non-routeable IP's that send & receive packets mapped to numerous ports on the routeable-IP; the addresses are translated to port mappings on the device performing PAT and held in the PAT table, hence the name port address translation.
yeah, i was mainly responding to ".. but most certainly not for internal Microsoft development?"
i figured I'd note that they actually do use it internally. I dont program; just commenting to drop a small turdlet of info [& definately not meaning to infer anything about.net's quality -- as i personally wouldnt know]
oh yeah and i did hear from an anonymous source that headtrax has plenty of probs [go figure]
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A true modem doesnt NAT, it only modulates and demodulates and of course it doesnt have an IP, it's whatever device is behind it that gets the IP; usually the modem is a sepearate unit and people plug directly in to it or have a router and/or firewall behind it. A device that combines NAT/PAT capability is referred to as a residential gateway http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&hs=ePZ&lr=&clie nt=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&oi=def more&q=define:Residential+gateway. Additionally, STATIC NAT does give you an internet IP-to-private-network-IP ratio (of course you have to have them allocated via your ISP) but a straight connection to a cable modem will not allow you multiple internet-routable IP's. Regarding NAT being great for your average windows user who doesnt want their computer available from the outside, all you would have to do is enable port forwarding.
Additional info on NAT: each type of NAT translates a non-routeable (private network) IP to an actual internet routable IP. Static NAT has a 1:1 ratio whereas dynamic NAT is configured to have any ratio where the non-routeable IP's outnumber the routeable IP's and each non-routeable IP takes turns using the routeable ip's. PAT is where you have one internet-routeable IP and have multiple non-routeable IP's that send & receive packets mapped to numerous ports on the routeable-IP; the addresses are translated to port mappings on the device performing PAT and held in the PAT table, hence the name port address translation.
yeah, i was mainly responding to ".. but most certainly not for internal Microsoft development?"
.net's quality -- as i personally wouldnt know]
i figured I'd note that they actually do use it internally. I dont program; just commenting to drop a small turdlet of info [& definately not meaning to infer anything about
oh yeah and i did hear from an anonymous source that headtrax has plenty of probs [go figure]
As for internal m$ft dev -- MS's internal employee tracking/heirarchy system 'Headtrax' is based on .net ...