BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Configuring for Network Address Translation

If you use Network Address Translation (NAT) only on the outer firewall of the DMZ, then no special configuration is required for BusinessObjects Enterprise to communicate properly. However, if you separate BusinessObjects Enterprise components using NAT, you need to configure these components to communicate properly through the firewall.

Note:    You can configure BusinessObjects Enterprise to communicate properly across NAT firewalls that use static IP translation; however, BusinessObjects Enterprise cannot communicate across a firewall whose IP translation is dynamic.

Depending on your system configuring, configuring for Network Address Translation can include one or both of the following tasks:



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