How can I determine which network adapter a device is using for packet emission when attempting to reach a specific IP address using ping?

Question

I have been trying to reach a particular IP and I have not been able to check on which Network Adapter it is using for publishing. Is there any way to check on a particular device to verify whether it is being used for packets emmission?

I tried on the different options given by ping on cmd but I have not been yet able to check on the proper equipment. I have added the associated IP that I want to check and performed an ipconfig but I haven't found what I'm looking for yet.

Thanks in advance for your help.

`route print` will show the information you are looking for (on MS-Windows, the interface is indicated by its IP address) — symcbean, Jun 06 '23 at 10:20
thank you very much @symcbean. Could you provide please an example for me to understand it? Thanks in advance! — Asier_Rodriguez, Jun 07 '23 at 11:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '23 at 15:06

From a command prompt, type route print. You will see something similar to this:

H:\>route print

<...>    
IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
        0.0.0.0            0.0.0.0      172.19.2.3       172.19.2.20     25
        127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
        127.0.0.1  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
  127.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
       172.19.2.0    255.255.255.0         On-link       172.19.2.20    281
      172.19.2.20  255.255.255.255         On-link       172.19.2.20    281
     172.19.2.255  255.255.255.255         On-link       172.19.2.20    281
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link       172.19.2.20    281
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link       172.19.2.20    281
===========================================================================

Use the columns Network Destination and Netmask to determine the best match to the destination (longest mask is the best). Note the Interface address. That is the address of the outgoing interface.

Most likely, you will be using the destination 0.0.0.0 (default route).

How can I determine which network adapter a device is using for packet emission when attempting to reach a specific IP address using ping?

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