also sprach Andres Seco Hernandez (on Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:53:14AM +0200): > Thanks for that big explanation. no prob. it was about time i did some research again to freshen up my own perception of the concepts... :) > As i said in the project web page, "interface between IP services and GSM > messaging", so, i thought that a gateway was a good definition. well, it should be IP to SMS services though, because as far as i can tell, GSM is more like Ethernet than IP. i may well be wrong here. > Anyway, i didn't knew about gateway as a deprecated term. Well, i think it > does not matter a lot. it is deprecated in the first version, but not in the definition that you are using. so you are okay. > About bridging, i do not worry about ethernet or gsm stuff, so i think it > has less of bridge and more of "protocol converter" or gateway. I use > other lowlevel programs to use them. Alamin uses TCP in one side and SMS > at the other. yes, in that way you are right. sorry to have been doubting this. it gave for a good discussion, no? martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck -- *** closing link: disconnecting from stoned server.
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