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Gateways

What are Gateways in Computer Network?

Gateways play a very important role in connecting two different networks. It works according to its name,
which means it acts like a gate, i.e. entry point for a network. If anyone wants to enter a network then if
that network has any implemented gateway, they have to cross that gateway to enter any network.

What is Gateway?

Gateway is connecting point of any network that helps it to connect with different networks.
The gateway monitors and controls all the incoming and outgoing traffic of the network. Suppose there are
two different networks and they want to communicate with each other. So to communicate with each other
they need to set up a path between them. Now that path will be made between gateways of those different
networks.
Gateways are also known as protocol converters because they help to convert protocol supported by traffic
of the different networks into that are supported by this network. Because of that, it makes smooth
communication between two different networks.
How does Gateway work?

Gateway has a simple working methodology of five steps-


 It gets data from the network
 It intercepts and analyzes the received data.
 It routes the data to the destination address
 It converts the received data to make that compatible with the receiver network
 It sends the final data inside the network

Different Types of Gateways


Gateways can be classified into multiple categories on different bases like on the basis of the direction of flow
of data, functionality, etc…

1. On the Basis of the Direction of the Flow of Data


 Unidirectional Gateways- It allows the flow of data in only one direction. It means the changes that
occurred in the source can be copied to the destination, but the changes that occurred in the destination
can’t be copied to the source.
 Bidirectional Gateways allow the flow of data in both directions. It means changes occurred in the source
can be copied to the destination and changes that occurred in the destination can be copied to the source.
2. On the basis of Functionality
 Email Security Gateway- It scans email for any type of malicious content before allowing it to enter into
the network.
 Cloud Storage Gateway- It helps in data transfer between the cloud and the nodes of the network. It
converts different API requests into that form which can be understandable by cloud platforms.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Gateways

Advantages

 It helps in connecting two different network


 It filters and does not allow anything that can harm to the network
 It helps by doing protocol conversion
 It provides security from external attacks
Disadvantages
 It’s implementation is difficult and costly
 It is hard to manage
 It causes time delay because the conversion of data according to the network takes time
 Failure of the gateway can cause the failure of connection with other network

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