ALG Disable
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ALG Disable
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Prisma SD-WAN
alg disbale NAT use
case.Prisma SD-WAN
application fabric is a
critical enabler of this transition by emphasizing Voice & Video
quality reporting and SLA assurance. As the consumption of these
services has changed, it has driven new demands of the network.
Specifically, many UCaaS systems require that network solution providers
disable the SIP ALG (Application Layer Gateway) for any traffic
that crosses a NAT boundary destined for a SIP provider.In this example, a phone is configured at the
branch to communicate with a UCaaS system on the internet via SIP
(Session Initiation Protocol), a standard protocol used by collaboration
endpoints to register with the intended control system. The SIP
traffic (via Path Policy) configures to be placed directly onto
any available internet link. As such, it uses the default NAT policy.
The UCaaS provider has also specified that any SIP ALG must be disabled.
Disabling the SIP ALG prevents issues from occurring that may affect
phone registration and 1-way audio.
Fields | Description |
|---|---|
1 | A new SIP registration source from Phone
1 with a source address of 10.10.20.20 and a destination address
of 80.80.80.80. |
2 | A packet arrives at the ION device's LAN
interface. Perform a policy lookup and the traffic on the internet
segment. |
3 | Place the packet onto the internet segment;
the Default-NATPolicySet it matches against the Default-InternetRule. This
rule contains the following configuration:
In this rule, the NAT
Pool is blank by default, and the system uses the IP Address bound
to the internet interface. Apply the packet's policy;
the source address of 10.10.10.10 overwrites by the address bound
to the Internet Interface (50.50.50.1), and it might change the
source port to a random port during this operation. In
this example the original packet: (s) 10.10.20.20:12345: (d) 80.80.80.80:5060.
Is rewritten to: (s) 50.50.50.1:54321: (d) 80.80.80.80:5060. |
4 | In addition to the default NAT policy, the
traffic also matches the recently created rule to disable the SIP
ALG.
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5 | Traffic arrives at the SIP server directly
on the internet. |
6 | Send the return traffic to the destination
of 50.50.50.1:54321. A translation table check is performed on the
flow to ensure that there is an active connection. |
7 | Establish the traffic onto the LAN segment;
the destination IP address is rewritten from 50.50.50.1:54321 to
10.10.20.20:12345. To clone the Default-NATPolicySet,
add the appropriate policy settings and apply this newly created
set to the intended target site(s).When required to change ALG behavior,
it is best practice to create a new Policy Set Stack. Once created,
add the Default-NATPolicySet to the stack, then create a new NAT
Set with a rule that disables ALG. Bind the new NAT Set to the new
NAT Stack. |