Re: PPPoE Configuration

Lew Pitcher a écrit :

BTW, there is a difference between a router and a gateway.

The term "gateway" is more general and more confusing. When talking about an IP forwarding device the term "router" should be used instead.

Here is a quote from the introduction of RFC 1812 "Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers" :

This memo defines and discusses requirements for devices that perform
the network layer forwarding function of the Internet protocol suite.
The Internet community usually refers to such devices as IP routers or
simply routers; The OSI community refers to such devices as
intermediate systems. Many older Internet documents refer to these
devices as gateways, a name which more recently has largely passed out
of favor to avoid confusion with application gateways.

The gateway is
a "bridge" between two networks or two subnets of a network. It will have
two IP addresses; one on each network.

This looks very much like the definition of a router to me.

A router knows the address of the
gateway, and redirects packets to the gateway if they aren't addressed for
a node on the local network.

Huh ? This is what hosts do, not routers. Where do you get this definition from ?
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