Finding default gateway in an openvpn environment in windows
- by Alexander Trümper
I need to find the default gateway in a openvpn scenario where the route output looks like that:
IPv4 Route Table
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Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.49.73.1 10.49.73.24 10
0.0.0.0 128.0.0.0 10.8.0.1 10.8.0.2 30
So I googled around a bit and a found this script here:
@For /f "tokens=3" %%* in (
'route.exe print ^|findstr "\<0.0.0.0\>"'
) Do @Set "DefaultGateway=%%*"
echo %DefaultGateway%
This works, but matches both lines in the route output.
But I need to find this line:
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.49.73.1 10.49.73.24 10
So I tried to modify the findstr parameter like this:
findstr "\<0.0.0.0\>.\<0.0.0.0\>"
in the expectation that '.' will match for the tab between the columns.
But it doesn't. It will still set DefaultGateway to 10.8.0.1
I couldn't find a clue in MS documentation either.
Maybe someone knows the right expression?
Thanks a lot.
