A residential gateway is a small consumer-grade gateway which bridges network access between connected local area network (LAN) hosts to a wide area network (WAN) (such as the Internet ) via a modem , or directly connects to a WAN (as in EttH ), while routing. The WAN is a larger computer network , generally operated by an Internet service provider .
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14-420: Is an abbreviation for "red-green-white", just as RGB is an abbreviation for "red-green-blue", which is a very important concept in color television, color photography, etc. See RGB color model . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title RGW . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
21-460: The devices on each end of the connection are able to recognize each other. However, a modem generally provides few other network functions. A cellular wireless access point can function in a similar fashion to a modem. It can allow a direct connection from a home LAN to a WWAN , if a wireless router or access point is present on the WAN as well and tethering is allowed. Many modems now incorporate
28-531: The features mentioned below and thus are appropriately described as residential gateways, such as some Internet providers which offer a cable modem router combo. A residential gateway usually provides It may also provide other functions such as Dynamic DNS , and converged triple play services such as TV and telephony . Most gateways are self-contained components, using internally stored firmware. They are generally platform-independent, i.e., they can serve any operating system . Wireless routers perform
35-463: The functions of a router. It merely allows ATM or PPP or PPPoE traffic to be transmitted across telephone lines, cable wires, optical fibers, wireless radio frequencies, or other physical layers. On the receiving end is another modem that re-converts the transmission format back into digital data packets. This allows network bridging using telephone, cable, optical, and radio connection methods. The modem also provides handshake protocols , so that
42-603: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RGW&oldid=1040242202 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Residential gateway The term residential gateway was popularized by Clifford Holliday in 1997 through his paper entitled "The residential gateway". . Multiple devices have been described as residential gateways : A modem (e.g. DSL modem , cable modem ) by itself provides none of
49-577: The same functions as a wired router and base station, but allow connectivity for wireless devices with the LAN, or as a bridge between the wireless router and another wireless router for a meshnet (the wireless router-wireless router connection can be within the LAN or can be between the LAN and WWAN). Low-cost production and requirement for user friendliness make gateways vulnerable to network attacks, which resulted in large clusters of such devices being taken over and used to launch DDoS attacks. A majority of
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