How do I set the default gateway

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I'm confused now when looking to add my default gateway. Do I look under WAN for it? This number is different from what I normally add...

 

[JFAMD]

If you are using DHCP you should not need to add that. If you are assigning static IPs, use the address of your router.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

If you are using DHCP you should not need to add that. If you are assigning static IPs, use the address of your router.

you mean from the LAN?

 

[JFAMD]

Your answer leads me to believe that you might not know exactly what you are doing, so can you please let us know exactly what the problem is that you are trying to solve?

Default gateway is a LAN setting - the gateway is, literally, the gateway between the LAN and the WAN. The LAN is the interface, so you need to do the adjustment from your interface perspective.

To find out what your default gateway is right now, open up a dos box and type in "ipconfig" and hit return.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

wait, did i post this in the CPU section? my bad... if mod could change this to the correct section...

It wouldn't make sense right now to open dos and type ipconfig/all because this computer is using a static ip: as all my devices are...

anyways, i ended up confused when i opened my router page and seen a 'default gateway' under WAN

 

[theevilsharpie]

Default gateway is a LAN setting - the gateway is, literally, the gateway between the LAN and the WAN. The LAN is the interface, so you need to do the adjustment from your interface perspective.

A default gateway is not just a LAN setting. For the vast majority of people, the devices in the LAN will point to their router as their default gateway, and the router will point to the ISP's equipment for its own default gateway.

The only time you wouldn't have a default gateway of some sort is if you had routes to every destination on the Internet stored in your routing tables.

 

[ScottMac]

you mean from the LAN?

A better terminology (IMO) is "Next Hop." From the device you are looking at, what is the next adjacent address that your traffic will have to pass to get to whatever the destination.

From the LAN, it's usually the LAN address on the interface of the router connecting you to the WAN / Internet. From that router, the "next hop" is (usually) the ISP's router upstream and should be an address from the same address block as the WAN interface of your router.

Multiple WAN routes complicate things a bit, but think "next hop" and it usually becomes clearer.

 

[Nothinman]

A better terminology (IMO) is "Next Hop." From the device you are looking at, what is the next adjacent address that your traffic will have to pass to get to whatever the destination.

From the LAN, it's usually the LAN address on the interface of the router connecting you to the WAN / Internet. From that router, the "next hop" is (usually) the ISP's router upstream and should be an address from the same address block as the WAN interface of your router.

Multiple WAN routes complicate things a bit, but think "next hop" and it usually becomes clearer.

True, but LAN or WAN is irrelevant to TCP/IP and "next hop" also applies to gateways/routers defined in static routes as well, not just the default gateway or "gateway of last resort".

 

[tomt4535]

If you have consumer class cable or DSL service, DHCP is most likely used to assign your WAN IP address to your modem. The gateway will be included in that, you should not need to set it in your router.