Timeline for Difference between router and gateway
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| Aug 17, 2019 at 17:45 | comment | added | YLearn | @BreakingBenjamin, assumption on my part is that by "gateway" you are referring to the default gateway configured on a device. Then specifically, the gateway would be configured as the IP of the router functioning as the gateway for that network or client. | |
| Aug 17, 2019 at 11:49 | comment | added | Number945 | @YLearn So, gateway if ever configured will have same ip as that of router ? | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 3:44 | vote | accept | Raja | ||
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| Jul 2, 2018 at 18:43 | comment | added | YLearn | Because a gateway's purpose is to route packets into/out of a local network segment for other devices, it will always be a router. However a router can be attached to a local network without performing any sort of routing into/out of the local network segment for other devices. It could be using the connection to a local network segment for a number of different purposes (for example, including but not limited to, management purposes such as monitoring, reporting, logging, etc.). | |
| Jul 2, 2018 at 3:34 | comment | added | Raja | Can you please elaborate the statement "A gateway always has to be a router, but a router does not have to be a gateway" in detail ? | |
| Jun 29, 2018 at 20:17 | history | answered | YLearn | CC BY-SA 4.0 |