Default gateway, what is it?
Posted on 22. Oct, 2008 by Robert in Tips
We have now covered Ip addresses and Subnet mask.
Now the third thing to be explained is default gateway.
This is generally the ip address of the router or the computer that does the initial connection to the internet. Most of the default IP adresses are something like this: 10.0.0.2 or 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254. If your Router has one of those IP addresses, generally found in the manual of the router.
The same goes for the DNS address. This can be the same as the router itself, and then the router will do the actual proccess of DNS. Dns server addresses look like IP addresses.
DNS (Domain Name Service) is basically a server that has a long list of IP addresses that link up to website addresses. So www.gitui.com will be translated into 72.167.96.53. Without DNS, the internet would be very slow and difficult to surf.
More on DNS. (a bit later)
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