Once you have configured NAT, you can use clear and show commands to verify it is operating properly. By default, dynamic address translations are deleted from the NAT translation table after spending a certain time limit of inactivity. If port translation is configured, translation entries are deleted after 24 hours, unless the timers are reset using the ip nat translation timeouttimeout_seconds command in global configuration mode.
The translation information can be displayed by carrying out one of the operations described in EXEC mode. Another alternative is to use the show run command and search for NAT commands, access list, interface, or in conjunction with the required values.
Troubleshooting the configuration of NAT and PAT:
When IP connectivity problems exist in a NAT environment, it is often difficult to determine the cause of the problem. It is often wrongly blamed NAT, when in fact there is an underlying problem. Read the rest of this entry »