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title: "What is the major difference you can mention about Gateway and Router?"  
description: "What is the major difference you can mention about Gateway and Router?"  
author: "Deepak Aiyappa"  
published: 2018-10-08  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50285/what-is-the-major-difference-you-can-mention-about-gateway-and-router  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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#  What is the major difference you can mention about Gateway and Router?

What is the [major difference](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1916/the-major-difference-between-ancient-education-and-modern-education) you can mention about [Gateway](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81782/is-black-hole-open-gateway-to-other-planets) and [Router](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2071/your-router-is-collecting-data-here-s-what-to-know-and-how-to-protect-your-privacy)?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

**A router** is a computer networking layer system that manages and forwards data packets. **A gateway** is a device or piece of hardware that serves as a 'gateway' between two networks. It might alternatively be described as a network node that serves as an entrance point for other nodes.

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**[Routers](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50595/how-to-use-your-iphone-8-as-a-wireless-router)** often operate at the protocol's third layer, transmitting packets from one system to another. The network's path for transporting data packets is chosen by a router. The network system is interpreted by the **gateway** as endpoints from one packet to the next. [Read more](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50291/what-is-the-difference-between-incremental-backup-and-differential-backup)


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