DISTRIBUTING AND VIRTUALIZING A NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT)

摘要

A method, apparatus, and system for distributing and vitalizing a NAT are described. The method includes: maintaining a mapping table associating first and second endpoint addresses of a device, the first and second endpoint addresses indicating the device for first and second routers, respectively; maintaining a routing table for routing between the first and second routers, the routing table associating the first and second routers with first and second location addresses, respectively; and forwarding the first and/or second endpoint addresses to a selected router, the selected router being one of the first router, the second router, or a router exchanging network traffic between the first and second routers, wherein the selected router translates network traffic indicating the first endpoint address to indicate the second endpoint address.