what is gateway in networking

what is gateway in networking

A device used to connect two separate networks that use different communication protocols (dissimilar Protocol). A gateway can translate information between different network architectures so we can say that a gateway acts as a protocol converter. It can convert TCP/IP to AppleTalk so a gate way formatted in protocol TCP/IP can communicate with AppleTalk protocol. Most gateways operate at the application layer, but can operate at the network or session layer of the OSI model.

Gateway can translate information between different network architectures.

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