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    What is "Default" gateway?

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    • D Offline
      dims
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      What is "Default" gateway? How to failsafe it?

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      • GruensFroeschliG Offline
        GruensFroeschli
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        You might want to rephrase this…

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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          In a nutshell a default gateway is the gateway used to try when there is no more specific route to get there.  But with GruensFroeschli here a bit of rephrasing or some more context would be needed to help you answer your question.

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