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Why Would You Use The Non-PAT Version OF NAT ?

This is a good question and the book side steps the question

NAT

NAT (Network Address Translation) is a 1 for 1 translation of Private Addresses for Public Addresses

It Does Not Save you any IP Addresses

Inside

Outside

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Aside from some debatable and somewhat superficial security enhancements, NAT is used to explain how the wider Technology for PAT works, for example:

DNAT – Dynamic Nat

NAT with Dynamically assigned addresses from a pool of addresses

SNAT – Static Nat

NAT with Statically assigned addresses from a person

So Let's Focus on PAT