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April 16, 2004
Why Gateways Matter
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn
A residential gateway is probably going to define how you get your Internet service in coming years.
Why buy a modem, a router, a switch, and a Wi-Fi set-up when can get them all at once, probably free?
This makes gateways important. Since the Wi-Fi set-up is in there too, they're also going to define your Local Area Network.
And the LAN is where your Always-On applications will live.
So, yeah, gateways matter. It's a market worth studying.
Whose gear do I like? Everyone's. And no one's. There's a lot of value here, but there's going to be a lot more. I don't want to be wedded to something that's going to be obsolete before my service contract runs out.
I want to date my gateway, not marry it. At least for now.
But what do you think?
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Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for over 25 years and has covered the online world professionally since 1985. He founded the "Interactive Age Daily" for CMP Media, and has written for the Chicago Tribune, Advertising Age, and dozens of other publications over the years.
1. Shawn on April 18, 2004 10:36 AM writes...
I like the idea but I'm afraid that a residential Gateway won't have the configuration options that a cable modem router would. I'm using an SMC Barricade unit and really like the built-in Stateful Packet Firewall. All-in-one products usually either come at a high-price or stripped of features. Or both. I'm not at-all interested in a "free" unit if I can't manage it.
It's a novel idea at first glance but not one I'm ready adopt until the features I need are available.
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