Route (command)

route is a Linux command and Windows used to view and manipulate the IP routing table in Linux, Unix-like and Windows.

Basic Linux commands

• Add default router: route add default gw 192.168.1.254 eth0
• netstat -rn

Basic Windows commands

• route delete 10.10.10.10
• route print

Network configuration files

• Ubuntu (systemd): networkctl
  • /lib/systemd/network, the volatile runtime network directory /run/systemd/network
  • /etc/systemd/network

Related commands: ip route [show|xxx]

See also

• ip [link, route], ifconfig netstat ss lsof ping ethtool mii-tool arping nmcli(RHEL) route networkctl, netplan, tc