Problem scenario
You read that a gateway was directing web traffic to a specific IP address or endpoint. Can a gateway forward HTTP/HTTPS traffic?
Solution
Yes.
Gateways are a type of router. Routers connect two or more networks and provide the routing function.
https://www.ibm.com/docs/fr/aix/7.2?topic=routing-tcpip-gateways
Gateway describes a load balancer operating at the edge of the mesh receiving incoming or outgoing HTTP/TCP connections.
https://istio.io/latest/docs/reference/config/networking/gateway/