{"id":13969,"date":"2014-09-02T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/vpn-gateway\/"},"modified":"2014-09-02T12:38:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:38:02","slug":"vpn-gateway","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/30755\/vpn-gateway","title":{"rendered":"VPN Gateway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/visit\/nordlayer-blackfriday\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/visit\/nordlayer-businessbanner\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"what_does_vpn_gateway_mean\">What Does VPN Gateway Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A VPN gateway is a type of networking device that connects two or more devices or networks together in a VPN infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>It is designed to bridge the connection or communication between two or more remote sites, networks or devices and\/or to connect multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/vpn\/best-vpn\">VPN services<\/a> together.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_vpn_gateway\">Techopedia Explains VPN Gateway<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A VPN gateway can be a router, server, firewall or similar device with internetworking and data transmission capabilities. However, in most cases, a VPN gateway is a physical router device.<\/p>\n<p>The VPN gateway is generally installed on the core VPN site or infrastructure. The VPN gateway is configured to pass, block or route VPN traffic. It provides core VPN-specific networking services such as IP address assignment and management, dynamic and static routing and the maintenance of routing tables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does VPN Gateway Mean? A VPN gateway is a type of networking device that connects two or more devices or networks together in a VPN infrastructure. It is designed to bridge the connection or communication between two or more remote sites, networks or devices and\/or to connect multiple VPN services together. 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