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The Default Gateway

The device your packets go to when the destination is not on your network. Every section is a drawn page beside a clear written explanation, about 5 minutes in all.

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  • About 5 minutes
  • 6 sections

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The first drawn page of The Default Gateway: Where we are in the story
The chapter's first page: Where we are in the story

In this chapter

  • Where we are in the story
  • Same network is easy
  • The out-of-network problem
  • The default gateway is the router
  • The door to the outside world
  • How your device knows its gateway

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