CentOS Quick Start Guide

Using the ip route command

The ip route command is one of the many features of the newer ip utility. This command can be used to display or modify the existing IP routing table. We can add, delete, or modify specific static routes to specific hosts or networks using ip route command.

Following are the examples to illustrate the usage of ip route command:

• We can use ip route command to display the current routing table as follows:

$ ip route 

• The ip route command can be used to add static routes in routing table. In the following example we add network routing information for 25.25.25.0/24 network, to route it through eth0 interface, as shown here:

$ ip route add 25.25.25.0/24  dev  eth0

• The ip route command can also be used to add host ...