Suffice to say, I came across very little that this site hadn't prepared me for. Instead, I'm going to list some well-researched info that you'll need, and maybe give some pointers. Routers can connect networks that use different, but similar network architectures, media-access methods, or protocols. A router can, for example, connect an Ethernet subnet to a Token Ring segment. Brouters have the translation capabilities of routers.
Gateways have greater translation capabilities than routers.
The right gateway can translate anything. This is contrary to what I understood, and what works on my network. This is the same as share-level security. Ethernet switchesare the same as intelligent hubs. You want to communicate between Windows and Netware.