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For example google states they own the public address range "8.8.4.0/24". Why would they need a whole block when they could use NAT. What factors contribute to this decision? Is it that they would exhaust a single address with subnetting and need more?

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  • NAT is a kludge that was created to try to conserve IPv4 addresses until IPv6 becomes ubiquitous. NAT breaks the IP promise of a unique IP address for every device, and end-to-end connectivity. If they use NAT, then only one server could have a port forwarded to it, but suppose they need several servers using the port. – Ron Maupin Apr 19 '22 at 01:34
  • [This answer](https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/a/53937/8499) has a section about NAT problems. – Ron Maupin Apr 19 '22 at 01:35

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