Re: NAT - how external source port is selected

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Daniel <tech@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> how on a NAT firewall server using iptables or nftables, are the external
> source ports choosen ? I would say range is 1024-65535 but if for instance I
> use port 5060 for SIP this one can not be used as source port. Is there a
> table of at time used ports ?

Are you talking about SNAT/MASQUERADE?

It will try to use whatever port is used.  If the source address
replacement results in a collision, it tries to pick a different source
port between 1024 and 65535.

> Also, SNOM phones are systematically using port 2048 as source port of the
> WAN ip. Is there a mechanism to allow such behavior ?

What do you mean? The initiator is free to pick whatever source port they like.



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