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===The role of the SME Server===

===The role of the Koozali SME Server===

Your Koozali SME Server manages your connection to the Internet by routing Internet data packets to and from your network (which allows all the computers on your network to share a single Internet connection) and by providing security for your network, minimizing the risk of intrusions.  When one of your local computers contacts the Internet, or is contacted by an outside machine on the Internet, the SME Server not only routes that connection, but seamlessly interposes itself into the communication. This prevents a direct connection from being established between an external computer on the Internet and a computer on your local network thereby significantly reducing the risk of intrusion onto your network.

Your Koozali SME Server can manage your connection to the Internet by routing Internet data packets to and from your network (which allows all the computers on your network to share a single Internet connection) and by providing security for your network, minimizing the risk of intrusions.  When one of your local computers contacts the Internet, or is contacted by an outside machine on the Internet, the SME Server not only routes that connection, but seamlessly interposes itself into the communication. This prevents a direct connection from being established between an external computer on the Internet and a computer on your local network thereby significantly reducing the risk of intrusion onto your network.

Your server also provides services - including e-mail, web access and a powerful file sharing and collaboration feature called "i-bays" - that allow you to communicate better internally and with the rest of the world using the Internet.

Your server also provides services - including e-mail, web access and a powerful file sharing and collaboration feature called "i-bays" - that allow you to communicate better internally and with the rest of the world using the Internet.

Throughout this user's guide, the word gateway is used to mean the computer that acts as the interface between your local, internal network and the external world.

 

Throughout this user's guide, the word gateway is used to mean the device that acts as the interface between your local, internal network and the external world.

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{{Tip box|'''More About Ethernet'''<br />

{{Tip box|'''More About Ethernet'''<br />

[[SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Appendix#Appendix_A._Introduction_to_the_Ethernet_Local_Area_Network_.28LAN.29|Appendix A]]: Introduction to the Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) , briefly explains ethernet, ethernet components and typical ethernet configuration.}}

[[SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Appendix#Appendix_A._Introduction_to_the_Ethernet_Local_Area_Network_.28LAN.29|Appendix A]]: Introduction to the Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN), briefly explains ethernet, ethernet components and typical ethernet configuration.}}