[TriLUG] Router question: What's the feature called, in which a router port-forwards LAN traffic as if it were WAN traffic

Bill Weinel via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Sat Oct 13 13:58:49 EDT 2018


On Saturday, October 13, 2018 11:23:28 AM EDT David Burton via TriLUG wrote:
> 
> What is that feature called, in which the router forwards LAN traffic as if
> it were WAN traffic?

Hairpin Nat. Ubiquiti Edgerouters support this feature.

> 
> Related question:  Which low-end router(s), these days, support IPv6,
> client isolation, gigabit ethernet, and the above unknown-name feature?

Be careful when buying low end home routers. Often the software isn't updated 
regularly which leads to security issues....

Cheers,
Bill



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