{"id":11,"date":"2025-02-08T21:21:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T21:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/?p=11"},"modified":"2025-02-08T21:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T21:31:43","slug":"cg-nat-in-mikrotik-best-practices-for-using-the-100-64-0-0-16-prefix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/cg-nat-in-mikrotik-best-practices-for-using-the-100-64-0-0-16-prefix\/","title":{"rendered":"CG-NAT in MikroTik: Best Practices for Using the 100.64.0.0\/16 Prefix."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em>Carrier-Grade NAT (CG-NAT) is a solution used by ISPs to extend IPv4 address space by allowing multiple customers to share a single public IP address. MikroTik routers provide robust support for CG-NAT using the 100.64.0.0\/16 prefix, a reserved address range specifically designated for shared address space.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we will discuss the best practices for implementing CG-NAT in MikroTik using the 100.64.0.0\/16 prefix effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Why Use CG-NAT?<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">With the depletion of IPv4 addresses, ISPs and network administrators must find ways to optimize address allocation. CG-NAT helps by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-478b6e6b wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enabling large-scale NAT (LSN) to serve multiple customers.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Allowing smooth transition to IPv6 without immediate IPv4 exhaustion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reducing public IPv4 address consumption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrier-Grade NAT (CG-NAT) is a solution used by ISPs to extend IPv4 address space by allowing multiple customers to share a single public IP address. MikroTik routers provide robust support for CG-NAT using the 100.64.0.0\/16 prefix, a reserved address range specifically designated for shared address space. In this article, we will discuss the best practices [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manoharacharya.com.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}