Cisco Certified Network Professional Enterprise CCNP Enterprise · Free Practice Question Easy
Question 1
Examine the NAT configuration shown:
ip nat inside source static 172.16.200.103 192.168.2.114
What is the inside local address?
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A
192.168.2.0
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B
None of these
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C
172.16.200.103
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D
192.168.2.114
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: C
Explanation
In the given NAT configuration, the inside local address is 172.16.200.103.
The inside local address represents the private IP address assigned to a device on the internal network. In this case, the NAT configuration is mapping the inside local address 172.16.200.103 to the inside global address 192.168.2.114.
When a packet with the source IP address 172.16.200.103 is sent from the internal network, the NAT translation will replace the source IP address with 192.168.2.114. This translation allows the packet to be properly routed across the public network while masking the internal IP address.
The choice of 172.16.200.103 as the inside local address is typically determined by the network administrator and is based on the network's addressing plan and requirements. It could be a statically assigned IP address to a specific device or part of a range of addresses used for NAT translations.
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