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What does "gateway" in routing table refer to?

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Mar 15, 202616807 views
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What exactly does in a route refer to? I know what a is- it's the route of last resort. But used in context of a host route (with destination specified), what is a gateway and why is it important?

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The gateway is the next hop in both default routing and host routing. Since almost every interface has an address, it knows about its locally connected network and so the host needs no routing info as all stations on the same network are addressable…

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