Default Gateways
Identify the purpose of subnetting and default gateways.
Default gateways are the means by which a device is able to access hosts on other networks for which it does not have a route. Most workstation configurations actually default to just using default gateways rather than having any static routes configured.
EXAM TIP
Default Gateways For the Network+ exam, you will be expected to identify the purpose and function of a default gateway.
When a system wants to communicate with another device, it first determines whether the host is on the local network or a remote network. If the host is on a remote network, the system looks in the routing table to determine whether it has an entry for the network that the remote host is on. ...
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