• Gonzako@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      mind explaining? All 8 know about Nat is that it sometimes didn’t let me play rainbow six siege

      • ThunderComplex@lemmy.today
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        18 minutes ago

        NAT is like package delivery IRL. If you’re a server and send a package to a client without NAT, that’s like sending a delivery boy to deliver pizza, goes straight from source to destination.

        But with NAT it’s like ordering a package online. It first will be delivered to a distribution center, and then a delivery warehouse in your area, and then the courier delivers packages to all people on his route.

        It’s way more complex and you now have a whole bunch of points of failure.

      • Having multiple hosts under one address for all hosts is annoying. Port forwarding is annoying. Some isps have their own nat and want you to pay additionally for public ip address