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Re: Slashdot: UK ISP PlusNet Testing Carrier-Grade NAT Instead of IPv6


From: Eric Tykwinski <eric-list () truenet com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:44:40 -0500

I'll agree there, as developers have built in some tricks to work around NAT issues.  But in reality doing away with 
NAT is a much better alternative for the long haul.  So you are both right, but I'll side with Owen when doing network 
deployments as to ease my future headaches.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 17, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu> wrote:

On 1/17/2013 6:50 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
Vonage will, in most cases fail through CGN as will Skype, Xbox-360,
and many of the other IM clients.

Not sure about Vonage, but Skype, Xbox, and just about everything else
imaginable (other than hosting a server) works just fine over NAT with
default-deny inbound here, and we have several thousand students in the
dorms that bang the heck out of those services.  Most applications have
adapted to the SOHO NATing router that is prevalent today on broadband
internet.  And if it didn't work, believe me, I'd hear about it :)

Jeff







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