| 1 | # default-gateway
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| 2 | [](https://www.npmjs.org/package/default-gateway) [](https://www.npmjs.org/package/default-gateway) [](https://travis-ci.org/silverwind/default-gateway)
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| 4 | > Get the default network gateway, cross-platform.
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| 6 | Obtains the machine's default gateway through `exec` calls to OS routing interfaces. On Linux and Android, the `ip` command must be available (usually provided by the `iproute2` package). On IBM i, the `db2util` command must be available (provided by the `db2util` package).
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| 8 | ## Installation
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| 9 |
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| 10 | ```
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| 11 | $ npm install default-gateway
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| 12 | ```
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| 14 | ## Example
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| 15 |
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| 16 | ```js
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| 17 | const defaultGateway = require('default-gateway');
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| 19 | defaultGateway.v4().then(result => {
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| 20 | // result = {gateway: '1.2.3.4', interface: 'en1'}
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| 21 | });
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| 23 | defaultGateway.v6().then(result => {
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| 24 | // result = {gateway: '2001:db8::1', interface: 'en2'}
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| 25 | });
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| 27 | const result = defaultGateway.v4.sync();
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| 28 | // result = {gateway: '1.2.3.4', interface: 'en1'}
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| 30 | const result = defaultGateway.v6.sync();
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| 31 | // result = {gateway: '2001:db8::1', interface: 'en2'}
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| 32 | ```
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| 34 | ## API
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| 35 | ### defaultGateway.v4()
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| 36 | ### defaultGateway.v6()
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| 37 | ### defaultGateway.v4.sync()
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| 38 | ### defaultGateway.v6.sync()
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| 40 | Returns: `result` *Object*
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| 41 | - `gateway`: The IP address of the default gateway.
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| 42 | - `interface`: The name of the interface. On Windows, this is the network adapter name.
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| 44 | The `.v{4,6}()` methods return a Promise while the `.v{4,6}.sync()` variants will return the result synchronously.
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| 46 | The `gateway` property will always be defined on success, while `interface` can be `null` if it cannot be determined. All methods reject/throw on unexpected conditions.
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| 48 | ## License
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| 50 | © [silverwind](https://github.com/silverwind), distributed under BSD licence
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