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sriinno
Aug 5, 2008, 03:45 PM
What is a default gateway? What happens if I don't have one? :confused:
sriinno
Aug 5, 2008, 03:47 PM
Can a workstation computer be configured to browse the Internet and yet NOT have a default gateway?
Pl reply... :D
NeedKarma
Aug 5, 2008, 03:54 PM
The computer would not leave the local network and therefore not have internet access.
WikiAnswers - How does a gateway function do (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_a_gateway_function_do)
chuckhole
Aug 5, 2008, 04:19 PM
KeedKarma... ya beat me to it.
This is what a router (gateway) is designed to do... route traffice to/from one network (your home network) to/from another network (the Internet).
chuckhole
Aug 5, 2008, 04:24 PM
I moved your other post (#2 in the list) into this one since they are basically the same question.
kailash sisodia
Mar 29, 2009, 10:26 AM
Can a workstation computer be configured to browse the Internet and yet NOT have a default gateway
kailash sisodia
Mar 29, 2009, 10:26 AM
What is a subnet
kailash sisodia
Mar 29, 2009, 10:27 AM
What is an RFC? Name a few if possible (not necessarily the numbers, just the ideas behind them)
kailash sisodia
Mar 29, 2009, 10:28 AM
What is CIDR
Perito
Mar 29, 2009, 01:30 PM
What is an RFC?
RFC is "Request For Comments". Someone spent some time writing this Wikipedia article, so I won't try to duplicate it here.
Request for comments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments)
Perito
Mar 29, 2009, 01:32 PM
What is CIDR
Classless Inter-Domain Routing is the one I know of.
Classless Inter-Domain Routing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_inter-domain_routing)