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Masquerading or SNAT?

This is my External interface settings:

Name: External
Type: DSL (PPPOE)
VDSL:
Static PPPoE IP: 197.***.***.202/32
IPv4 Default GW:

Which is best in terms of performance:

- Creating a Masquerading rule:
Network: Internal (Network)
Interface: External

OR

- Creating an SNAT rule:
For traffic from: Internal (Network)
Using service: Any
Going to: Any
Change the source to: External (Address)
And the service to:

?

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0 virtualrack over 9 years ago

Masquerading is better in terms of performance as it won't have to inspect each packet for a given service etc. As the previous poster stated, masquerading is the common practice,
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0 virtualrack over 9 years ago

Masquerading is better in terms of performance as it won't have to inspect each packet for a given service etc. As the previous poster stated, masquerading is the common practice,
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