Networking Essentials / IP addressing
Lesson 11 of 30
Default gateway
The default gateway is the router your device sends traffic to when the destination isn't on the local network. At home it's usually 192.168.1.1 or similar.
Key points
- ip route shows it on Linux
- ipconfig on Windows
- No gateway means no internet
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