>A router is a machine that "routes" packets from one interface to one > or more other interfaces.
A router can have one interface only. Even with only one address. A router usually has a routing table with one or more entries. Gateway and Router is two words for the same thing. /Lars ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Terminology: Router, gateway? > 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 > > _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
