This PC was configured with 192.168.6.1. But I tried to change it to 192.168.6.51. Although route print showed the default gateway is 192.168.6.51, but the packets next hop is 192.168.6.1.
IPv4 Route Table
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Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.6.51 192.168.6.50 261
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
192.168.6.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.6.50 261
192.168.6.50 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.6.50 261
192.168.6.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.6.50 261
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.6.50 261
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.6.50 261
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Persistent Routes:
None
But when tried tracert 8.8.8.8, the next hop is still 192.168.6.1.
Tracing route to 8.8.8.8 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.6.1
2 1 ms 4 ms <1 ms ^C