Date   : Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:56:18 +0100
From   : mu.list@... (Mark Usher)
Subject: Master Ethernet upgrade

 
> No, it's a router, because it *must* do more than that.  Or a gateway,
> if you prefer.

That implies a Gateway and a router are the same but they are not. A gateway
would in most scenarios convert protocols a router wouldn't - it would relay
packets. Routers are not involved in protocol translation.

So really the device that Phil and I have been working on would be best
referred to as a Gateway as that is able to operate at all layers.

-Mark