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What are two features of stateful NAT64? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is A. It uses address overloading. B. It provides 1:N translations, so it supports an unlimited number of endpoints. Stateful NAT64 is a mechanism that allows IPv6 hosts to communicate with IPv4 hosts by performing address and port translation. Its key features include using address overloading and providing 1:N translations, enabling multiple IPv6 endpoints to share a limited pool of IPv4…
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What are two features of stateful NAT64? (Choose two.)
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- AIt uses address overloading.
- BIt provides 1:N translations, so it supports an unlimited number of endpoints.
- CIt requires IPv4-translatable IPv6 address assignments.
- DIt requires the IPv6 hosts to use either DHCPv6-based address assignments or manual address
- EIt provides 1:1 translation, so it supports a limited number of endpoints.
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(36 responses)- A86% (31)
- C8% (3)
- D3% (1)
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Stateful NAT64 is a mechanism that allows IPv6 hosts to communicate with IPv4 hosts by performing address and port translation. Its key features include using address overloading and providing 1:N translations, enabling multiple IPv6 endpoints to share a limited pool of IPv4 addresses.
Stateful NAT64 typically implements Network Address Port Translation (NAPT64), which involves address overloading. This allows many IPv6 private addresses to share a smaller pool of IPv4 public addresses by using different source port numbers.
Due to address overloading, stateful NAT64 provides 1:N translations, meaning one IPv4 address can be used by multiple IPv6 endpoints simultaneously, thus supporting a large number of endpoints even with a limited IPv4 address pool.
While IPv6-translatable IPv6 address assignments (using prefixes like `64:ff9b::/96`) are a fundamental part of the NAT64 architecture for IPv6 hosts to reach IPv4 destinations, this is more of an addressing prerequisite for the IPv6 clients and destination mapping, rather than a direct feature of the stateful translation process itself.
Stateful NAT64 does not dictate how IPv6 hosts obtain their addresses; hosts can use SLAAC, DHCPv6, or manual configuration independently of the NAT64 mechanism.
Stateful NAT64 primarily provides 1:N translations (overloading) to conserve IPv4 addresses. 1:1 translation is characteristic of stateless NAT64 or basic stateful NAT without overloading, which is not the common or primary feature of stateful NAT64 deployments.
Concept tested: Stateful NAT64 (NAPT64) features
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipaddr_nat/configuration/xe-3s/nat-xe-3s-book/ipnat-64-stateful.html
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