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How Gateway is different from Routers?
A gateway operates at the upper levels of the OSI model and translates information between two completely different network architectures or data formats.



  
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Submitted by: deven.pawar
 
I Beg to differ.

According to me A device that determine the optimal path along which network traffic should be forwarded. Routers allow different networks to communicate with each other. They forward packets from one network to another based on network layer information. A gateway can interpret and translate the different protocols that are used on two distinct networks. Unlike routers that successfully connect networks with protocols that are similar, a gateway perform an application layer conversion of information from one protocol stack to another.


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December 10, 2006 00:43:59   #1  
Jai Singh        

RE: How Gateway is different from Routers?

Router is device that work at third level of OSI model

gateway work at presentation layer of OSI model


 
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July 18, 2007 03:59:08   #2  
deven.pawar Member Since: July 2007   Contribution: 14    

RE: How Gateway is different from Routers?
I Beg to differ.

According to me A device that determine the optimal path along which network traffic should be forwarded. Routers allow different networks to communicate with each other. They forward packets from one network to another based on network layer information. A gateway can interpret and translate the different protocols that are used on two distinct networks. Unlike routers that successfully connect networks with protocols that are similar, a gateway perform an application layer conversion of information from one protocol stack to another.

 
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