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Common Questions:difference between Masquerade and SRC-NAT

March 15, 2026May 4, 2019 by j2sw

One of the common questions I get is what is the difference between Masquerade and SRC-NAt? Which should I use? The quick answer is to use SRC-NAT if your gateway IP is static, and use masquerade if it can change. The Mikrotik Wiki Entry Firewall NAT action=masquerade is unique subversion of action=srcnat, it was designed for specific … Read more

Categories Network Operations Tags mikrotik, nat

Diagram of Cisco Nat order

March 15, 2026April 21, 2019 by j2sw
Categories Network Operations Tags acl, nat, order

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