NAT implementation system, method, and Openflow switch

摘要

Disclosed is an NAT implementation system, comprising: a controller and an Openflow switch. The Controller delivers a flow table and an improved group table. The Openflow switch receives the flow table and the improved group table, and matches, according to an address translation matching rule recorded in the flow table, a data packet that address translation needs to be performed on; and performs translation between a private address and a public IP address according to an address translation rule recorded in the improved group table, and sends the data packet out by using an address after translation. Further disclosed are an NAT implementation method and Openflow switch. By using the present invention, the flow table and the improved group table only need to be sent to the Openflow switch at once, and the Openflow switch does not need to frequently interact with the Controller, so that a forwarding delay of the data packet is shortened and the network transmission efficiency is improved.