Standard gateway

The standard gateway is also addressed via a 32 bit address. The 32 bit address is represented by 4 decimal numbers separated by dots.

Example for a standard gateway: 192.168.10.1

The standard gateway establishes the connection to other networks. A network node that wants to address another node uses a logical AND operation of the IP address and subnet mask to determine whether the node is in the same network. If this is not the case, the network node addresses the standard gateway (router), which must be in its own network. The standard gateway then forwards the data packages.