Gateway is a node (ie.router) that act as a network point used to pass the data from local area network to outside network. It is not p...
Gateway is a node (ie.router) that act as a network point used to pass the data from local area network to outside network.It is not possible to use internet without gateways.
In this tutorial i will show you how to find the gateway IP in Linux using route,netstat and ip route commands
Using route command
route -nUse the command as "route" in terminal followed by -n option to list the gateway ip address
- -n for showing numerical addresses
From the image my gateway IP address is 192.168.147.2 and the flags U indicates link is up and G represents the gateway
Using netstat command
netstat -rnThe command "netstat" will print all the list of open sockets, so use the options r and n
- -r for showing the routing table
- -n for showing numerical addresses
Using ip route command
ip routeThe command "ip route" will also used for displaying the gateway details
Thank you for referring this tutorial.
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