--- title: The Basics of Network Address Translation (NAT) «... description: A video covering the basics of Network Address Translation (NAT) as part of the 'How Networks Really Work' course. The post also points to a discussion on the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-basics-of-network-address-translation-nat-ipspace-net-blog-kiualnxwf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Basics of Network Address Translation (NAT) « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: A video covering the basics of Network Address Translation (NAT) as part of the 'How Networks Really Work' course. The post also points to a discussion on the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-basics-of-network-address-translation-nat-ipspace-net-blog-kiualnxwf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kiuAlNxwF.png og:image:alt: The Basics of Network Address Translation (NAT) « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Basics of Network Address Translation (NAT) « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A video covering the basics of Network Address Translation (NAT) as part of the 'How Networks Really Work' course. The post also points to a discussion on the v6ops mailing list about dual ISP deployment with IPv6, where NPTv6 or NAT66 emerged as the least problematic solution. Viewing requires a free ipSpace.net subscription. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the recommended approach for dual ISP deployment with IPv6 according to the v6ops mailing list? NPTv6 or NAT66 is considered the least horrible way to handle dual ISP deployment with IPv6. This conclusion came from a thread titled 'Dual ISP deployment operational issues and uncertainties' on the v6ops IETF mailing list, where various approaches were evaluated and NPTv6/NAT66 emerged as the most operationally viable despite its drawbacks. _Network engineers weighing IPv6 multi-homing options track threads like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Worth Reading: NatJack « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-natjack-ipspace-net-blog-d5hubg7yu) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [UDP Broadcasting And The Brave New World Of IPv6](https://daily.dev/posts/udp-broadcasting-and-the-brave-new-world-of-ipv6-kbr2qsudb) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I spent a WEEK without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition mechanisms](https://daily.dev/posts/i-spent-a-week-without-ipv4-to-understand-ipv6-transition-mechanisms-iscykz0il) · Hacker News · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Double NAT: The silent killer of your home network's performance](https://daily.dev/posts/double-nat-the-silent-killer-of-your-home-network-s-performance-67z2fkcdx) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-basics-of-network-address-translation-nat-ipspace-net-blog-kiualnxwf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Basics of Network Address Translation (NAT) « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-basics-of-network-address-translation-nat-ipspace-net-blog-kiualnxwf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-basics-of-network-address-translation-nat-ipspace-net-blog-kiualnxwf"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:52:11.380Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T08:54:33.622Z","description":"A video covering the basics of Network Address Translation (NAT) as part of the 'How Networks Really Work' course. 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