What is the purpose of a gateway?

Answer 1

Gateway is software placed in the router. Its function is protocol translation. When we need to connect two networks based on different protocols, then gateway is used by default. It acts as an entrance To see the default gateway of your system in cmd (command prompt), type "ipconfig." It shows the default gateway.

Answer 2

To combine Hardware and Software.

Allow LAN to communicate with devices on other network.

Webopedia.com Answer:

n.) (1) A node on a network that serves as an entrance to another network. In enterprises, the gateway is the computer that routes the traffic from a workstation to the outside network that is serving the Web pages. In homes, the gateway is the ISP that connects the user to the internet.

In enterprises, the gateway node often acts as a proxy server and a firewall. The gateway is also associated with both a router, which use headers and forwarding tables to determine where packets are sent, and a switch, which provides the actual path for the packet in and out of the gateway.

(2) A computer system located on earth that switches data signals and voice signals between satellites and terrestrial networks.

(3) An earlier term for router, though now obsolete in this sense as router is commonly used.

Answer 3

In a network it is simply a point of entry or exit in a network, enabling connection to other networks. The internet is a lot of individual networks connected together. The point of connection can be a gateway. To access a network, you need to know its gateway and all data going out passes through the gateway.
more often than not, a gateway is being done for monitoring purposes...

sometimes, in a wireless network, or wifi, gateway proxies are being input to connect in such wireless network...

Answer 4

suppose we have a network of 10.0.0.0 IP class and we have x no. of computers connected to this network and this IP is configured in router's table that is connected to this network,

now game begins....

suppose if a computer has tried to find another computer of different network or a computer which is not in this network. our request will be sent to the Router, which is know as gateway of that network.

Answer 5

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