How to get default gateway in Mac OSX

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I need to retrieve the default gateway on a Mac machine. I know that in Linux route -n will give an output from which I can easily retrieve this information. However this is not working in Mac OSX(Snow Leopard).

I also tried netstat -nr | grep 'default', but I was hoping for a cleaner output like that produced by route -n in Linux/Unix. netstat -nr lists all the interfaces and the default gateway for them.

Any kind of suggestion or a hint in the right direction will be appreciated.

ifconfig netstat routes macos
5 Answers

Using System Preferences:

Step 1: Click the Apple icon (at the top left of the screen) and select System Preferences.

Step 2: Click Network.

Step 3: Select your network connection and then click Advanced.

Step 4: Select the TCP/IP tab and find your gateway IP address listed next to Router.

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