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Output of route print on my Windows XP machine:

>route print
...
Network address       Network Mask          Gateway       Interface   Metric
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0     37.44.40.247    37.44.40.247       1
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0   172.31.103.254   172.31.102.43       21
...

What is the logic of notation of interface as IP? What is the relation between them?

Nelson Tatius
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There are basically three ways to identify a network interface: Vendor ID, MAC address, and IP address. Only the IP address has any kind of semantic meaning in the context of a network route. "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet" (Vendor ID) or 00-1C-C5-33-21-52 (MAC address) wouldn't be any more helpful, would they?

DevSolar
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