Difference between gateway and router?

2002-06-06 Thread Laurent Daudelin
Looks like my warranty is out for my Linksys. I'm looking at D-Link products. They have products that they label as gateways and others as routers. What's the difference? -Laurent. -- = Laurent Daudelin Developer,

Re: Difference between gateway and router?

2002-06-06 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 06/06/02 11:05, Jeremy Derr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 09:55 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Looks like my warranty is out for my Linksys. I'm looking at D-Link products. They have products that they label as gateways and others as routers. What's the

Re: Difference between gateway and router?

2002-06-06 Thread lee
Looks like my warranty is out for my Linksys. I'm looking at D-Link products. They have products that they label as gateways and others as routers. What's the difference? Gateways just move packets between networks, Router can redirect packets to specific places. Most routers also can act as a

Re: Difference between gateway and router?

2002-06-06 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 06/06/02 11:18, lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like my warranty is out for my Linksys. I'm looking at D-Link products. They have products that they label as gateways and others as routers. What's the difference? Gateways just move packets between networks, Router can redirect

Re: Difference between gateway and router?

2002-06-06 Thread Alan Miller
Laurent Daudelin wrote: I thought I would switch to another brand ;-) What about the SMC Barricade? Anyone have any comments about this router? Anyone seen any router comparison lists? -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer http://home.earthlink.net/~uwphoto/ 6400/200 w/ Sonnet

Re: Difference between gateway and router?

2002-06-06 Thread Jackie
What about the SMC Barricade? Anyone have any comments about this router? Anyone seen any router comparison lists? -- Alan Miller I've heard very good things about the SMC Barricade, and that it supports Appletalk. I think if you check out some of the Network forums at DSL Reports, it

Re: Difference between gateway and router?

2002-06-06 Thread lee
Laurent Daudelin wrote: What about the SMC Barricade? Anyone have any comments about this router? I've been using the SMC Barricade for about 10 months. Works like a champ. Web interface for administration. Lee -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics