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title: Enable NAT for a subnet · Cloudflare Magic WAN docs
description: Enable static NAT for subnets in Magic WAN Connector to  re-use
  address spaces locally.
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Each subnet (directly-attached or routed) must have a unique address space within your Magic WAN. You can re-use address spaces locally by enabling static network address translation (NAT) for a subnet. NAT is static. This means that inbound connections - from Magic WAN to the site behind the Connector - are allowed, and connections do not have to be initiated by hosts behind the Magic WAN Connector. NAT is also 1:1, that is, the Connector will translate between corresponding addresses in two equal-sized prefixes.

To enable NAT, supply a WAN-facing address prefix the same size as the subnet's prefix, and the Magic WAN Connector will translate between the two.

For example:

* **Prefix**: `192.168.100.0/24`
* **Static NAT prefix**: `10.10.100.0/24`

With the example above, outbound traffic from host `192.168.100.13` in the subnet is translated to `10.10.100.13` in the Magic WAN Connector (and vice versa for incoming traffic).

Note

Even if NAT is enabled, the local prefix for a subnet must be unique within its LAN. It can, however, be reused on other LANs or other sites. Overlay-facing prefixes - that is, a subnet's NAT prefix if NAT is enabled, and its local prefix otherwise - must always be unique across your whole Magic WAN.

## Create NATs for subnets

For more information on how to a create a NAT for a subnets, refer to **Create a LAN**, either in [Configure hardware Connector](https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/#create-a-lan) or in [Configure Virtual Connector](https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-virtual-connector/#create-a-lan).
