David Israel wrote, on 09/07/2011 04:21 PM: > In theory, this > particular performance problem should only arise when the NAT gear insists on > a > unique port per session (which is common, but unnecessary)
What you're describing is known as "endpoint-independent mapping" behaviour. It is good for not breaking applications, not so good for scalability. RFC 4787 section 4.1 makes it a MUST. Simon -- DTN made easy, lean, and smart --> http://postellation.viagenie.ca NAT64/DNS64 open-source --> http://ecdysis.viagenie.ca STUN/TURN server --> http://numb.viagenie.ca