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FQDN(Fully Qualified Domain Name) based NAT

03/26/2020 54 People found this article helpful 197,401 Views

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    Description

    This article details how to use FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) in the Network Address Translation (NAT) policies.

    Cause

    FQDN Address Objects for NAT is not supported in 6.5.0.X firmwares and in older firmwares.

    Resolution

    SonicOS 6.5.1.0 supports NAT policies using FQDN Address Objects for the original source/destination.

    Use scenarios include:

    Scenario 1. Specifying public IP addresses with FQDN to a local server

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    Step 1: Creating the necessary Address Objects

    • Click MANAGE | Network | Address Objects
    • Click Address Objects | Add button and create two Address Objects as below:

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    NOTE: Domain name aaa.com resolves to WAN X1 IP of the SonicWall. DNS record must be configured in the DNS Server.

    • Click ADD to add the Address Objects to the SonicWall's Address Object Table.

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    Step 2: Creating the inbound NAT Policy

    • Click MANAGE | Rules | NAT Policies | Add

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    • Click ADD

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    Step 3: Creating the inbound Firewall Access Rules

    • Click MANAGE | Rules | Access Rules
    • Click Matrix View | Select your WAN to Appropriate Zone Access Rule. (This will be the Zone the Private IP of the Server resides on.)

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    • Click ADD

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    • Click ADD

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    Scenario 2. Specifying a public server with FQDN for consistency across replacement with a server that has a known IP address

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    Step 1: Creating the necessary Address Objects

    • Click MANAGE | Network | Address Objects
    • Click Address Objects | Add button and create following FQDN address object, assuming that aaa.com FQDN address object has already been created from scenario 1.

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    • Click ADD to add the Address Objects to the SonicWall's Address Object Table.

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    Step 2: Creating the inbound NAT Policy

    • Click MANAGE | Rules | NAT Policies | Add

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    • Click ADD

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    NOTE: Creating an access rule from LAN to WAN is NOT necessary since all outbound traffics are allowed from LAN to WAN by default.

    Scenario 3. Routing traffic from/to a FQDN to have a source IP address other than the outbound interface IP

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    NOTE: In this case, PC: 10.10.10.11 has been assigned WAN IP: 11.11.11.12 instead of the default WAN X1 IP to access aaa.com which is hosted externally.

    Step 1: Creating the necessary Address Objects

    • Click MANAGE | Network | Address Objects
    • Click Address Objects | Add button and create following FQDN address object, assuming that aaa.com FQDN address object has already been created from scenario 1.

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    • Click ADD

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    Step 2: Creating the inbound NAT Policy

    • Click MANAGE | Rules | NAT Policies | Add

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    • Click ADD

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    NOTE: Creating an access rule from LAN to WAN is NOT necessary since all outbound traffics are allowed from LAN to WAN by default.

    CAUTION: FQDN is not supported for the translated source/destination. Also, the Advanced page is disabled if FQDN is used in either or both the original source/destination fields.

     

     

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