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title: "What is a “Default Gateway”?"  
description: "What is a “Default Gateway”?"  
author: "Deepak Aiyappa"  
published: 2018-10-08  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50277/what-is-a-default-gateway  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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#  What is a “Default Gateway”?

What is a “[Default](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2204/what-are-the-new-enhancements-done-in-default-project-template-of-asp-dot-net-mvc-4) [Gateway](https://www.mindstick.com/news/3682/nasa-s-testing-of-spacex-starship-elevator-for-future-moon-landing)”?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

In Internet lingo, a **default gateway** is a hardware node or point that provides outbound data packet access to a destination on another distinct network. \
The default simply indicates that unless an application specifies a different gateway, this gateway is utilized by default. The default server does not have to be a router; it might just be a PC with two network adapters, one linked to the local subnet and the other to the internet.


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