3.what is the purpose of the default route...

pravjot

gaurav133232

The purpose of default route is that all the traffic coming to it must be sent to the router. In the routing table it is represented as:-

default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp4s0f2 proto dhcp src 192.168.1.10 metric 100

default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlp3s0 proto dhcp src 192.168.1.7 metric 600

mohdmohsinkhanee

Consider the Output of the command ip route show

default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlp2s0 proto dhcp src 192.168.1.35 metric 600

192.168.1.0/24 dev wlp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.35 metric 600

Analyze this Output :

default: This represents the default route, meaning any traffic that doesn't match a more specific route will be sent to this destination.

via 192.168.1.1: Indicates that the router with the IP address 192.168.1.1 is the gateway for this default route.

dev wlp2s0: Specifies the network interface (device) through which the traffic will be sent, in this case, wlp2s0.

proto dhcp: Indicates that the route was obtained dynamically through DHCP.

src 192.168.1.35: Specifies the source IP address used when sending traffic via this route.

metric 600: A metric value assigned to the route, where lower values generally indicate a more preferred route.

192.168.1.0/24: Represents a specific route for the local subnet 192.168.1.0/24.

dev wlp2s0: Specifies the network interface (device) associated with this route.

proto kernel: Indicates that this route was installed by the kernel.

scope link: Specifies that this route is directly connected to the local link.

src 192.168.1.35: Specifies the source IP address associated with this route.

metric 600: The metric value assigned to this route.