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Re:There are real reasons for Linux to replace ifconfig, net... by kees99 on Friday May 25, 2018 @09:17AM (#17153358)
When asking "what's the default gateway?", more often than not, the real question you have is "what's the gateway to IP address X", which would be:

  ip route get X
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Re:There are real reasons for Linux to replace ifconfig, net... by isostatic on Friday May 25, 2018 @11:16AM (#17154484)
No it's not, it's usually "What is the default gateway on this network segment because I want to plug my laptop in"

I do use ip route a fair bit - if I have a machine connected to two (or more) network segments and want to ensure traffic gets routed back the way it came

However my main criticism for "ip route" is that it's inconsistent and a change route "route"

"route" does reverse dns lookups - e.g "my.server.tld rather than "1.2.3.4", or "default" rather than "0.0.0.0"

"route -n" shows 1.2.3.4

"ip route" doesn't do reverse lookup, however it does say "default" rather than "0.0.0.0".

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Re:There are real reasons for Linux to replace ifconfig, net... by gsich on Friday May 25, 2018 @01:51PM (#17156230)
Then reask: whats the gateway to 0.0.0.0/0
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