What is Gateway in route command?

What is Gateway in route command?

The default gateway can be specified by the route command to configure the node’s routing table and default route. In a home or small office environment, the default gateway is a device, such as a DSL router or cable router, that connects the local network to the Internet.

Which destination addresses are sent according to the default route if any?

The zero destination address is the default route. If the system does not find a route for a packet’s destination, it forwards the packet to the default route rather than dropping the packet. Note that the router will use the most specific route (having the longest prefix) that matches a given destination.

How do you read a route command?

The route command allows you to make manual entries into the network routing tables. The route command distinguishes between routes to hosts and routes to networks by interpreting the network address of the Destination variable, which can be specified either by symbolic name or numeric address.

How to route traffic to different backend ports?

The main configuration will be like this: create a multi-site listener, use frontend port 80 and hostname aaaa.mysite.com in this multi-site listener. HTTP setting should specify the port 8000. Make sure the listener is listening on port 80 and HTTP setting configure your custom port for your backend websites.

How to route internet traffic through a gateway?

First of all, let’s see our routing table with the command netstat -rn: We can see Internet traffic (identified by destination 0.0.0.0 and mask 0.0.0.0) is routed through the gateway 192.168.0.1 while the subnet 192.168.0.0/24 is directly connected (On-Link).

How to route traffic through a static route?

We can see Internet traffic (identified by destination 0.0.0.0 and mask 0.0.0.0) is routed through the gateway 192.168.0.1 while the subnet 192.168.0.0/24 is directly connected (On-Link). Now it’s time to create a static route. We will send traffic directed to the IP address 1.1.1.1 through the alternative gateway 192.168.0.254.

How to create policy based routes in Sophos XG firewall?

Source Networks and Devices: Any Rewrite source address (Masquerading): Check Primary Gateway: Select the gateway you wish this traffic to go out Click Save to save the rule. In this example we will configure all SMTP traffic to be routed through Gateway 1. This scenario is depicted in the network diagram as the blue arrow.