ROUTE(8) (NAME) route - IP (SYNOPSIS) route [-CFvnNee] [-A family |-4|-6] route [-v] [-A family |-4|-6] add [-net|-host] target [netmask Nm] [gw Gw] [metric N] [mss M] [window W] [irtt I] [reject] [mod] [dyn] [reinstate] [[dev] If] route [-v] [-A family |-4|-6] del [-net|-host] target [gw Gw] [netmask Nm] [metric M] [[dev] If] route [-V] [--version] [-h] [--help] (DESCRIPTION) route IP . (static routes) ifconfig(8) . add del route . route . (OPTIONS) -A family ( `inet'). route --help . -6 --inet6 -4 -A inet . -F FIB (Forwarding Information Base) . . -C (routing cache) . -v (verbose). -n . (nameserver) . -e netstat(8) . -ee . del . add . target . . netmask /prefixlen . -net target . -host target . netmask NM (netmask) . gw GW (gateway). : . . BSD (BSDism) . metric M ( ) M. inet6 (IPv6) '1' inet (IPv4) '0' . - iproute2 . mss M MTU ( / Maximum Transmission Unit) M. route (MSS) . window W TCP W. AX.25 (back to back) . irtt I (irtt) TCP I ( ). AX.25 . RFC 1122 . reject . . . mod, dyn, reinstate . . dev If () ( ). . dev If dev . (metric netmask gw dev) . (EXAMPLES) route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 metric 1024 dev lo (loopback) 255.0.0.0 "lo" ( ifconfig(8) ). route add -net 192.56.76.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 1024 dev eth0 192.56.76.x "eth0" . "dev" . route del default "default" 0.0.0.0 . route del -net 192.56.76.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 . (classless) 'route -n' . route add default gw mango ( ). "mango" . "mango" - "mango" . route add mango sl0 "mango" SLIP ( "mango" SLIP ). route add -net 192.57.66.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw mango "192.57.66.x" SLIP . route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0 . IP D ( / ) "eth0" . . route add -net 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 metric 1024 reject "10.x.x.x" . route -6 add 2001:0002::/48 metric 1 dev eth0 IPv6 eth0 . (OUTPUT) : Destination . Gateway '*' . Genmask '255.255.255.255' '0.0.0.0' default (). Flags : U ( / up) H ( / host) G ( / gateway) R ( / reinstate) D ( / dynamic) M ( / modified) A ( addrconf) C ( / cache) ! ( / reject) Metric <<>> ( hops ). Ref ( ). Use . -F -C (-F) (-C) . Iface . MSS TCP . Window TCP . irtt (Initial RTT). TCP ( ) . HH ( ) ARP . ( lo) -1 . Arp ( ) . (FILES) /proc/net/ipv6_route /proc/net/route /proc/net/rt_cache (SEE ALSO) ethers(5), arp(8), rarp(8), route(8), ifconfig(8), netstat(8) (HISTORY) route Fred N. van Kempen Johannes Stille Linus Torvalds pl15 . Alan Cox mss window 1.1.22 . irtt netstat Bernd Eckenfels . (AUTHORS) Phil Blundell Bernd Eckenfels . net-tools 2014-02-17 ROUTE(8)