is it a mandatory part of your computer operating correctly. I am connected through a cable service with no networking ...that i am aware of.
2006-06-28 15:49:33 · 3 answers · asked by snowbird51 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
If you are using a cable modem you actually are on a local area network with the modem and that modem is what is connected to the internet (it being the gateway).
2006-06-28 15:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by John J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A gateway also allows mulitple wireless connections as well, if the gateway allows it. It is not a mandatory part for your PC to operate correctly. It would be a peripheral, which is an optional device, just like your modem. Believe it or not, you are actually on a network. You are on your cable service providers network because you go online through them. Your modem is connected to a gateway at the cable provider's site. You are part of a WAN (Wide Area Network).
2006-06-28 23:31:30 · answer #2 · answered by mrme1000@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a router and it usually connects more than one computer to a high speed Internet connection.
2006-06-28 15:54:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋