How can I ping my default gateway

Question

I am trying to troubleshoot my network but I can't find my default gateway. Can someone help me with the command to find the Default gateway and ping it?

Answer 1

Using the following command you can find the default gateway and the use the address with ping command to ping your default gateway.

C:\Users\priyj_kumar>ipconfig /all | find "Default Gateway"
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

C:\Users\priyj_kumar>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 2ms

This way you can find and ping your default gateway.