The apparatus comprises of an initialization component for obtaining all information about {HEAD ~ all connected hosts} and storing it in {TAIL ~ a port sharing table} in a memory location accessible to the gateway device 
The apparatus comprises of an initialization component for obtaining all information about { HEAD ~ all connected hosts } and storing it in { TAIL ~ a port sharing table } in a memory location accessible to the gateway device
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