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Configuring NAT in ASA ver. 9.1

Hello All,

I have configured Static NAT to allow HTTP traffic from the outside to reach my server in the DMZ. In order to accomplish this i did the following:
- I created a new Network object for my DMZ server
- specified static translation to one of the public IP addresses in the range available
- Create an ACL on the outside interface to allow HTTP traffic to my DMZ server object
This configuration proved to work properly, but I have found some NAT configuration explanations in the web where they start by creating the External outside address as a Network Object, then they configure static NAT to the DMZ server IP in the same network object creation window and lastly they create an ACL to allow HTTP traffic to the outside IP address. I gave this configuration a shot and it does not work for me in my lab environment.
Is this last configuration possible?
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Yes

The way you did it

object network OBJ-DMZ-Server
 host 192.168.100.100
 nat (inside,outside) static 123.123.123.123
access-list inbound permit tcp any object OBJ-DMZ-Server eq www
access-group inbound in interface outside

The other Way

object network OBJ-DMZ-Server
 host 192.168.100.100
object network OBJ-Public-IP
 host 123.123.123.123
 nat (inside,outside) static OBJ-PublicIP
access-list inbound permit tcp any object OBJ-DMZ-Server eq www
access-group inbound in interface outside

As for doing this in the ASDM I don't have a Scooby, I don't use it sorry.

Pete
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Hey Pete, check this out, how I first configured it was:

object network DMZ-web-server
        host 172.16.1.10
        nat (dmz,outside) static 209.165.201.10
      access-list outside_access_in line 1 extended permit tcp any object DMZ-web-server eq http
      access-group outside_access_in in interface outside

How I have seen it in some examples on the web:

 object network Outside_Address
        host 209.165.201.10
        nat (outside,dmz) static 172.16.1.10
      access-list outside_access_in_1 line 1 extended permit tcp any object Outside_Address eq http
      access-group outside_access_in_1 in interface outside

which is kind of all the way around, is creating the Outside Address as the network object and configuring NAT from there. Is the last one possible?
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You are right Pete, thanks!