A technician is configuring a new server with a static IPv4 address. The server must reach the internet as well as resources on other subnets. Which single network-interface setting must be entered to allow the traffic to leave the local subnet?
Enter the default gateway IP address supplied by the network administrator.
Change the hostname so it matches the Active Directory domain.
The default (or "next-hop") gateway is the router address that a host uses when a destination IP is not on the local subnet. Without that entry, packets destined for other networks are dropped. Hostname changes do not affect routing, the subnet mask only defines the local address range, and DNS servers translate names to IP addresses-name resolution can fail without preventing raw IP connectivity.
Default gateway definition: a forwarding host that routes traffic to other networks.
DNS translates names; connectivity by IP still works even if DNS is wrong.
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