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 decimal points.

Exemplary standard gateway: 192.168.10.1

The standard gateway establishes a 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 part of the actual network. The standard gateway then takes on the job of transmitting the data packages.