Routing Order of Operations

The original information was taken from Cisco article on NAT Order of Operationsarrow-up-right. However, this order helps understand other features, like WCCP.

  1. If IPSec then check input access list

  2. decryption – for CET (Cisco Encryption Technology) or IPSec

  3. check input access list

  4. check URPF (Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding)

  5. check input rate limits

  6. input accounting – update stats

  7. redirect to web cache

  8. If configured with ip nat outside: NAT outside to inside (global to local translation)

  9. policy routing

  10. routing

  11. If configured with ip nat outside: NAT inside to outside (local to global translation)

  12. crypto (check map and mark for encryption)

  13. check output access list

  14. inspect (Context-based Access Control (CBAC))

  15. TCP intercept

  16. encryption

  17. Queueing

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