Re: "ROUTERS" vs. "routers"

Zefram <zefram@fysh.org> Tue, 25 November 2003 19:02 UTC

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Subject: Re: "ROUTERS" vs. "routers"
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Christian Huitema wrote:
>But never mind PC. How do you qualify a home NAT that appears as a host
>to the ISP, get an IPv4 address using DHCP, and then appears as a router
>to the local network?

The NAT divides the network into two areas, the difference between them
being that certain things look different when seen from points of view
in the two areas.  One of the things that differs is whether the NAT
box appears to be a router or a non-routing host.

-zefram

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