# Internet Gateway ## Overview IGW is a **`door`** that allows public traffic from the Internet to access your VPC. You **attach** an IGW to the VPC. ## Flow: Make VPC connect to Internet To make your Public subnet connect to the Internet 1. Attach IGW-id (Internet Gateway) to the Public subnet. 2. Add route table record, that points to igw-id. Ex: 0.0.0.0 --> igw-id --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://mamawhocode.gitbook.io/aws/services/network/vpc/igw.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.