How to: Allow internet access (use external NAT or Windows connection sharing)



       In case of other NAT software NetCom do not modify any packets, but pass packets to rules and if packet allowed - sended to stack or to NIC. All NAT handling makes external NAT software (Windows ICS for example):

 

       For example you'r network topology and configuration equal to represented on this diagram:

 

 

Network: 192.168.0.0
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Server internal address: 192.168.0.1
Server external address: 207.46.130.108

 

If you want to allow access to the Intenet for workstations with addresses 192.168.0.12 and 192.168.0.14, do the following:

(NAT must be installed and enabled on computer with NetCom).

 

1. ALLOW ALL

Create rule to allow all network traffic from all to all - (it must be always last item in rules list):

Packet action equal to Allow

 

2. DENY EXTERNAL

Create rule with denied access for all from internal to external network (it must be always pre-last item in rules list):

Packet action equal to Deny

Protocols equal to Any IP

Source IP NOT in range 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255

Destination IP in range 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255

 

3. ALLOW BROADCASTS

Create rule with allowed IP broadcasts (it must be always first item in rules list):

Packet action equal to Allow

Protocols equal to Any IP

Destination IP equal to 255.255.255.255

 

4. 192.168.0.12

Create rule with allowed access for 192.168.0.12 from internal to external network:

Packet action equal to Allow

Protocols equal to Any IP

Source IP NOT in range 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255

Destination IP equal to 192.168.0.12

 

5. 192.168.0.14

Create rule with allowed access for 192.168.0.14 from internal to external network:

Packet action equal to Allow

Protocols equal to Any IP

Source IP NOT in range 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255

Destination IP equal to 192.168.0.14

 

6. CHANGE RULES ORDER

You must change order of rules to this:

1. ALLOW BROADCASTS - needed for normal network work;

2. 192.168.0.12 - allow access to Internet;

3. 192.168.0.14 - allow access to Internet;

4. DENY EXTERNAL - deny other external traffic;

5. ALLOW ALL - needed for normal work of Internet connection and local network.

 

7. ENABLE FILTERING

Select both adapters for filtering (internal and external).
 
At this moment filtering started.
That's all...
 
NOTE:
On client computers address of DNS-server must be defined!