The default gateway's primary purpose in most homes and small offices is to direct Internet traffic from the local network to the cable or DSL modem that connects to the Internet service provider (ISP ...

When your sign up for Internet access on behalf of your company or purchase Web hosting for your company's Web servers, you will purchase either a dynamic IP address, a single static IP address or a ...

I have a pppd running in the back ground waiting for a serial connection. When the serial connection happens it starts up ppp0 automatically. My command line parameters specify the ip address to ppp0.