OT: gateways vs routers

[Rick Bowers]

At 10:21 PM 8/29/2004, David A. Bandel wrote:
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>On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 21:29:54 -0700
>Rick Bowers <Rick at whereaboutsunknown.us> wrote:
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> > I have a LinkSys WRT54G router but it seems to work only in "gateway"
> > mode.  I read the Linksys "Educate Me" tutorial but it was too vague.
> >
> > If I set the router's mode to Router, connections time-out.
> >
> > Can someone point me to a discussion on gateways vs/ routers and how
> > to setup static routing?
>
>router:  device that passes packets of the same protocol from one
>(sub)network to another
>
>gateway:  device that passes packets of the same or different protocols
>(doing protocol translation in the process) from one (sub)network to
>another.  A gateway is a router, but the term gateway infers it could
>also do protocol translation, which most so-called "gateways" cannot do.
>
>bridge:  device that passes packets between two geographically distinct
>sections of one (sub)network.
>
>What you likely need is a discussion of NAT/routing.  Your LinkSys
>should pick up the public IP and provide (via dhcp) private addresses to
>systems on your internal network.
>
>Biggest problem today is companies are taking cues from M$ and calling
>things what they want to instead of by their correct name (like folder
>vice directory, or router and gateway vice router and NAT/router).
>
>Ciao,
>
>David A. Bandel
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Okay, I understand the gateway/router difference.  And, yes, I was thinking 
router vs/ switch or router vs/ bridge.

But, does anyone understand the Linksys "mode" setting where one can select 
either gateway mode or router mode?  The setting can be found under the 
"setup" tab, "Advanced Routing" section.