Cisco 871 - supports multi-nat?

don't know exactly what you want. If you goa range of IP-addresses from your ISP you could for example nat each server with one Internet-IP adddress for example: ip nat inside source static ...

But I'm afaid this is not what you want.

you're right - I could do that, but not what I want. I'm trying to give each server a lan ip (not an internet ip) and have the router map all 5 internet ips to different servers on the lan. I believe this is what "multi nat" does, and I'm thinking that the cisco 871 can do that, but wondered if anybody knew for sure.

But your example is just what static nat does. You can map one internal address to one external address. And if you have 5 external address you can do that for

5 Servers, or better for 4 servers cause the 5. address you surely need for outside access where you hide your whole network behind.

I'm guessing "static nat" is just standard nat functionality as opposed to "multi nat" which is expanded functionality, correct? So you're saying with static nat I can give my multiple servers, LAN ip address (not internet ips, but lan IPs) and even a router that doesn't have multi nat, will still be able to map multiple internet IPs to the corresponding lan IPs?

I don't want to put any internet IPs on any of my servers, just on the router. It was my understanding that to do that for more than one internet IP, you needed multi nat. Which is why I'm trying to find a router that does that.

But you're saying that static nat does that? So I can use any router with nat?

yes you can! If your servers should be accessed from the internat you need to have static nat which means that you translate 1 Internal Ip-Address to one external IP-Address. This you can do so often as you have internet Ip-Addresses. Also you additionally can hide several or all Internal-Ip Address behind 1 Internat Address dynamically. But this is only for host from the intranet accessing hosts in the internet, like normal browsing and so on. Sorry I cannot explain it better but I´m sure the cisco router is able doing what you want no metter how you will name it.

Are you the one who is changing the subject line witht eh prefix Antw:

If so I am sure the group would appreciate it if you cease and desist !!!

Perhaps you could also be kind to quote some of the post you respond to. The group would also appreciate it.

The OP post does not need to be repeated, but thanks anyways.

Yes it does. Please read the RFC on posting to usenet.

Merv is correct that in this case the posting did not need to be repeated, as he was not responding to anything in the post itself.

What should, though, have been posted in this case was the attribution of what he was responding to, so that there would have been a context for "you".

My comment was more to do with the fact that Merv /never/ has any context of the post he is replying to.

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Great - thanks so much for your help!!