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- route [<subcommand>]
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- With no arguments, 'route' displays the IP routing table.
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- route add <desthostid>[/bits] | default <iface> [<gatewayhostid> |
- direct] [<metric>]
-
- NOTE: Attempting tcp connections to an address without an
- existing route fails immediately.
-
- This command adds an entry to the routing table. It requires at
- least two more arguments, the desthostid of the target
- destination and the name of the interface <iface> to which its
- packets should be sent. If the destination is not local, the
- gateway's hostid should also be specified. (If the interface is a
- point-to-point link, then <gatewayhostid> may be omitted even if
- the target is non-local because this field is only used to
- determine the gateway's link level address, if any. If the
- destination is directly reachable, <gatewayhostid> is also
- unnecessary since the destination address is used to determine
- the interface link address). If <rspf> is used and the system is
- a switch / router to multiple routes, the keyword 'direct' can be
- used instead of a <gatewayhostid> to set the metric higher than
- the default of 1. This way routes advertised by other rspf
- stations can be cheaper and get selected. If 'direct' is given
- but <metric> not, an new algorithm is used to set the metric
- dependent on the number of subnet mask bits.
- The optional /bits suffix to the destination host id specifies
- how many leading bits in the host id are to be considered
- significant in the routing comparisons. If not specified, 32
- bits (i.e., full significance) is assumed. With this option, a
- single routing table entry may refer to many hosts all sharing a
- common bit string prefix in their IP addresses. For example,
- ARPA Class A, B and C networks would use suffixes of /8, /16 and
- /24 respectively. E.g. the command
-
- route add 44/8 ax0 44.64.0.2
-
- causes any IP addresses beginning with "44" in the first 8 bits
- to be routed to 44.64.0.2; the remaining 24 bits are "don't-
- cares".
-
- When an IP address to be routed matches more than one entry in
- the routing table, the entry with largest 'bits' parameter (i.e.,
- the "best" match) is used. This allows individual hosts or blocks
- of hosts to be exceptions to a more general rule for a larger
- block of hosts.
-
- The special destination 'default' is used to route datagrams to
- addresses not matched by any other entries in the routing table;
- it is equivalent to specifying a /bits suffix of /0 to any
- destination hostid. Care must be taken with 'default' entries
- since two nodes with default entries pointing at each other will
- route packets to unknown addresses back and forth in a loop until
- their time-to-live (TTL) fields expire. (Routing loops for
- specific addresses can also be created, but this is less likely
- to occur accidentally).
-
- There is one built-in interface: loopback. Loopback is for
- internal purposes only.
-
- Here are some examples of the route command:
-
- # Route datagrams to IP address 44.0.0.3 to SLIP line #0.
- # No gateway is needed because SLIP is point-to point.
-
- route add 44.0.0.3 sl0
-
- # Route all default traffic to the gateway on the local Ethernet
- # with IP address 44.0.0.1
-
- route add default ec0 44.0.0.1
-
- # The local Ethernet has an ARPA Class-C address assignment;
- # route all IP addresses beginning with 192.4.8 to it
-
- route add 192.4.8/24 ec0
-
- # The station with IP address 44.0.0.10 is on the local AX.25
- channel
-
- route add 44.0.0.10 ax0
-
- #An encapsulation link to 192.4.8.12 where the subnet 44.64.0.0
- is accessible. The Internet does not know
- #where we are but we just use them with what they know:
- route add 44.64.0.0/16 encap 192.4.8.12 4
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- route addprivate <dest hostid>[/bits] | default <iface>
- [<gateway hostid> [<metric>]]
-
- This command is identical to 'route add' except that it also
- marks the new entry as private; it will never be included in
- outgoing RIP updates. It will also not be shown in the nodeshell
- 'IProute' command.
-
-
- route drop <dest hostid>[/bits]
-
- Delete an entry from the table. If a packet arrives for the
- deleted address and a default route is in effect, it will be
- used.
-
-
- route flush
-
- Delete (drop) all temporary routes, that is, routes added with an
- expiration timer (eg, by RIP).
-
-
- route look <hostname>
-
- Display just the routing table entry used to reach <hostname>.
-
-
- route sort [off|ON]
-
- Display or set the route display sort flag. When set, the route
- command will sort its report, which tends to display similar routes
- together. When reset, the report is by decreasing number of
- significant bits used in comparing host addresses.
-