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A gateway is a device that converts communications from one protocol or bandwidth to another this function allows two different types of network to communicate with each other for example a local area network or LAN can communicate with a wide area network or WAN and a LAN can be connected with the internet.

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What exactly is a gateway computer? A gateway computer is either a PC or laptop that uses the internet to connect one page to another. They are very easy to update and there RAM allows you to keep alot of information without worrying about any of it being lost.

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gateway is the ip address of the device through which all the local traffic will go to external network.

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Gateway has a lot of definitions according to the specific field. In a communications network, a network node equipped for interfacing with another network that uses different protocols.

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