...What do you understand by a Default Gateway? ...How can we track the path of the packet going to its destination?

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Default Gateway is the IP address of the router that connects a device to other networks. We can track packet path using Traceroute.

Default Gateway is the first point of contact for a device when it tries to connect to other networks.
It acts as a mediator between the device and other networks.
It helps in routing the traffic to the correct destination.
Traceroute is a tool that can be used to track the path of a packet going to its destination.
It works by sending packets with increasing TTL values and recording the IP addresses of the routers that the packets pass through.

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Default gateway the path used to pass information when the device doesn't know where the destination

To track the path of packet going to its destination all you need to know is the IP address or host name of the destination