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yammy1688_99834
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Feb 11, 2011

SNAT vs Auto-map

Any advantage to setting up SNATs versus just using the auto-map function in the virtual server?     Thanks,       -Ken  
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Richard_Shuford
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Sep 11, 2020

This is an old question, but I didn't see one point mentioned.

 

If you use Automap, then it will use a Self-IP address. This address will be visible to clients, and will be pingable. Maybe you'd rather make your Self-IP addresses less exposed by having the virtual server use addresses from a special SNAT pool.