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Gennosuke HIGAKI

When asked to display the default gateway, which tool do you choose?

ipconfig or route

Teach me please

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ubergeek

For what type of device? Is it on a windows box or a linux box?

ipconfig is usually used for windows to check the ip address as well the gateway info of the machine. ipconfig /all

route print is also used to check the routing table on a windows box.

This differs from linux as well as other devices.

Gennosuke HIGAKI

Thank you for your prompt reply

This question is from a prep exam. It says no type of OS. I am originally Linux oriented so chose ROUTE. This is ported into W2K, as you know? Very simple and straight forward to see and set route.

Auch!

Right answer is IPCONFIG. Why, why, why? I don't know. Probably, the author takes side with Bill Gates.

I see a couple of similar cases in that exam. I should better be WINDOZ oriented that I have tried to help.

With best regards

keatron

Windows 2000 and later = ipconfig
Windows 98 and earlier = winipcfg
Linux distros = ifconfig
Novell = config