Network Gateway is described as the device which connects two different networks to one. So, the devices can communicate with the devices on the other network, It serves as an access point to another network, a router merely forwards packets between networks with different network prefixes. The networking software of a computer contains a routing table that specifies which interface is used for transmission and which router on the network is responsible for forwarding to a specific set of addresses. If none of these forwarding rules is appropriate for a given destination address, the default gateway is chosen as the router of last resort. The default gateway can be specified by the route command to configure the node’s routing table and default route. In a Home Network, the network gateway is a device, such as a DSL Router or Modem, that connects local networks like printers, computers, to Local ISP. Gateways are called as network protocol converters; this device joins two different network protocols. Network Gateways operate at any level of the OSI model. If you are connected to the network then definitely your computer might use the network gateway, if you are a windows user, you can find the network gateway very easy. This article guide you to find the Gateway IP address in Mac OS.
Get the Network Gateway On windows:
- Open Run command by pressing Windows + R and type Cmd and hit enter. This command will open the Command prompt.
- Now type ipconfig and hit enter. Now you will get windows IP configuration.
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c843:9dbe:8905:d798%15 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.17 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2
- In Here 192.168.2.2 is the network gateway. The same command won’t work if you are using the other operating system. If You are using Linux, then follow the below instruction.
Get the Network Gateway on Linux:
In Linux just open the Terminal, the terminal app will be present in all the Linux distribution. If you are using Ubuntu the terminal will be present at the Taskbar. Or if you are using any other distribution the terminal app will be present in the menu items.
- Open terminal then type the following command
Ip route | Grep default
prem$ ip route | grep default default via 192.168.2.2 dev eth0 proto static
Get Gateway IP address in Mac:
In MAC You can use the same command which you are using on windows ipconfig. It will show the Local network address of the computer. But this command won’t show the Gateway. To get the gateway open the terminal. You can find the terminal on the Dock. Or Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal app When Terminal.app is open, type the following command:Â
netstat -nr | grep default
- This will output the following: prem$ netstat -nr | grep default default 192.168.2.2 UGSc 50 46 en1
- In this example, again, 192.168.2.2 is your default gateway (router) IP address.
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