Address Translation Course

Course Description & Index

This Course explains the basic rules for using the address translation mechanism in the Netrix #1-ISS network. It is intended for network administrators who will be setting up the addressing and address translation within their networks. It will also be useful for network operators who are interested in understanding how the Netrix address translation mechanism works. After reading this tutorial and working through the examples, you should be able to adapt what you have learned to the addressing in your own network.

What will this course do for me.

This Course explains the basic rules for using the address translation mechanism in the Netrix ISS network.

It is intended for network administrators who will be setting up the addressing and address translations within their networks.

It will also be useful for network operators who are interested in understanding how the Netrix address translation mechanism works.

After reading this tutorial and working through the examples and completing the test exercise, you should be able to adapt what you have learned to the addressing of your own network.

This tutorial is designed to be completed in order from beginning to end. However, if you are already familiar with the concept of addressing in a data network and X.121 addressing, you can skip the next section and go directly to "the need for address translation." You should find the last section, "Summary of Address Translation Rules," to be a useful reference after you have read the tutorial and understand the address translation process.

This Course contains the following sections: