Issue207

Title Need clarity on WTP behind NAT
Priority bug Status chatting
Superseder Nosy List pcalhoun
Assigned To pcalhoun Topics

Created on 2008-09-25.01:07:29 by pcalhoun, last changed 2008-09-25.01:14:01 by pcalhoun.

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msg597 (view) Author: pcalhoun Date: 2008-09-25.01:07:29
> Section 11., paragraph 2:
> >    In the second case, two or more WTPs are deployed behind the same
NAT
> >    system.  Here, the AC would receive multiple connection requests
from
> >    the same IP address, and cannot differentiate the originating WTP
of
> >    the connection requests.
> 
>   The UDP source ports will be different for the two connection
>   requests, which could be used to distinguish them.

Yes, but that wasn't what the text was trying to get to. However, given your 
comment, it is clear we need to clarity the point that is being made. I would 
therefore propose changing the second sentence to:

<updated text>
11.  NAT Considerations
[...]
   In the second case, two or more WTPs are deployed behind the same NAT
   system. Here, the AC would receive multiple connection requests from the
   same IP address, and therefore cannot use the WTP's IP address alone to
   bind the CAPWAP control and data channel. The CAPWAP Data Check state,
   which establishes the data plane connection and communicates the CAPWAP
   Data Channel Keepalive, includes the Session Identifier message element,
   which is used to bind the control and data plane. Use of the Session
   Identifier message element enables the AC to match the control and data
   plane flows from multiple WTPs behind the same NAT system (multiple WTPs
   sharing the same IP address).
</updated text>
History
Date User Action Args
2008-09-25 01:14:01pcalhounsettitle: Need clarity on AC behind NAT -> Need clarity on WTP behind NAT
2008-09-25 01:07:29pcalhouncreate