On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 11:24:32AM -0700, John D. Blair wrote: > A router is a machine that "routes" packets from one interface to one > or more other interfaces. > > A gateway is a router that connects a subnet (like your home LAN) to an > external network (like the Internet).
Traditionally, router and gateway were exactly synonymous; anyone ascribing more precise semantics to either is asking for trouble. That said, gateway often refers to a box which connects two networks but does *not* route packets; AT&T's famous 'application layer gatwaye' from the Bellovin book is the canonical example. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 "They had engineers in my day, too." -- Perry Vance Nelson _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
