Default getway

[jmerchut]

Hello,

I have problem with setting default getway on computer. Do I have to set up ip address of default getway from subnet that my local computer ip address belongs to??? Can I set up ip address of default getway that is next hop router (after my first in way router to Internet)??? If I set ip address of default getway that is not in my computer subnet do I can expect any trouble (NAT, PAT) ???

Thank you.

[rais]

Yes your default gateway needs to be on the same subnet as your machine IP address. Your communication to your default-gateway will be at Layer-2. The default-gateway will then switch your packets to outside of your network at layer-3.

Your computer will not be able to get to a default-gateway that is not on the same subnet.

HTH.

[antonio.sobreiro]

Your IP address and your default-gateway must be on the same network.

Example:

PC IP address - 192.168.1.1

PC SubNetMAsk - 255.255.255.0 (Class C)

PC Defaul-Gateway - 192.168.1.254

You can not have (for example) the PC default-gateway - 192.168.1.254 (this is the default-gateway for the next class C network).

Hope to be helpful.

Regards