Chapter Summary
To determine the best paths across networks, routers communicate with each other using routing protocols
Networking industry has adopted the term “brouter” to describe routers that take on some characteristics of bridges
Gateways are combinations of networking hardware and software that connect two dissimilar kinds of networks
Typically, gateways are used for one of four purposes: as an e-mail gateway, as an IBM host gateway, as an Internet gateway, or as a LAN gateway