How to Assign Default gateway in linux?
Ans : In linux Default gateway is set through route command or GUI tools.
Through Route command
#route add default gw default-gateway
Example :
#route add default gw 192.168.0.1
Here 192.168.0.1 is the default gate of my system.
Through GUI tools
Use system-config-network in terminal or GUI to set up default gateway.
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This is asked in some of the interviews. We can get default gateway information in linux in many ways. Such as viewing network card file or executing a command.
To see default gateway by view network interface card file content.
#cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/interface-no
Example :
[root@example ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0
# Intel Corporation 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=00:02:a5:4c:af:99
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=10.200.0.21
GATEWAY=10.200.0.1
Through route command
route
Example:
Kernel IP routing table
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