Changes

'''Network Address Translation''' (NAT) is the process of mapping multiple private IP addresses to a lesser number of public ones. Typically, this is used in such a way that a collection of devices on a [[Local area network|private network]] are connected to the [[Internet]] under a single [[IP address]].<ref name="cisco nat faq">https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/network-address-translation-nat/26704-nat-faq-00.html</ref>  This process was designed largely to slow the depletion of IPv4 addresses which could be publicly registered.<ref name="ciscopress nat">http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=25273</ref><ref name="whatosmyipaddress nat">https://whatismyipaddress.com/nat</ref> Some parts of the world are now using IPv6 instead (which offers many more addressed than IPv4), but in many countries, IPv4 is still used, but almost exclusively with network address translation.

'''Network Address Translation''' (NAT) is the process of mapping multiple private IP addresses to a lesser number of public ones. Typically, this is used in such a way that a collection of devices on a [[Local area network|private network]] are connected to the [[Internet]] under a single [[IP address]].<ref name="cisco nat faq">https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/network-address-translation-nat/26704-nat-faq-00.html</ref>  This process was designed largely to slow the depletion of IPv4 addresses which could be publicly registered.<ref name="ciscopress nat">http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=25273</ref><ref name="whatosmyipaddress nat">https://whatismyipaddress.com/nat</ref> Some parts of the world are now using IPv6 instead (which offers many more addressed than IPv4); however, in many countries IPv4 is still used, but almost exclusively with network address translation.

==Types==

==Types==