Command line tool for manipulating and listing the routing table.
Questions tagged [route]
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forcing network traffic to route via a specific, non-default interface
I've got a bunch of Linux servers with multiple(3) NICs and associated network interfaces. I'm tripping over a bizarre routing problem, where traffic that should use the default route is not, and failing to get routed as a result. Here's what my…

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Why ip route add doesn't work, but ip route add with less details and then change works?
I have a problem with ip route add. Surprisingly, I can add the route then change it, but I cannot directly add it:
# ip route add 192.168.0.0/16 via 192.168.255.254 src 192.168.1.101
RTNETLINK answers: No such process
but:
# ip route add…

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Linux ip route matching the source ip
I would like to know if it's possible to tell a Linux kernel to route all packets destinated to X via interface/ip Y but only in case the source IP address would be a specific one.
Any idea if this is possible?
Thanks and regards,

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Static route toward a DNS Address, it is possible?
I need to add a static route on a windows server toward a web server with a service; I need to add a static route with this command on a Windows command prompt:
ROUTE ADD -p IPADREESS GATEWAYIP
Is there a way to do a static route toward a DNS…

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Multiples ip address on interface. I want to specify one of them for output
I ran curl on curlmyip.com, and I got the wrong output ip address.
My systemd service file is:
[Unit]
Description=Wired Networking
Wants=network.target dibbler-client.service
Before=network.target…

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IPv6 default gateway route disappear after reboot
I'm using Debian Wheezy on a dedicated server which uses IPv4 and IPv6 at the same time.
ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 11:11:11:11:11:11
inet adr:90.0.0.1 Bcast:90.0.0.255 Masque:255.255.255.0
adr inet6:…

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In Linux, does using route to blackhole an IP result in better performance than dropping in iptables?
During a DDOS attack, if we are finding IPs we want to block will we see better performance using a null route as opposed to iptables?
Null routing we would do something like:
ip route add blackhole
In iptables:
/sbin/iptables -A…

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howto only tunnel specific hosts route through openvpn client on tomato
I am relatively newbie in networking world although I did coding and know some sysadmin background for a long time. and here I'm only one step from my destination.
The whole picture is : at home I use one LinkSys E3000 as the gateway(don't know yet…

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How to forward connection from one interface to another under linux
I have linux box which has two network interface, eth0, eth1. from eth1 I can access an internal website, say under port 8080. from outside the box, I can't access that network. my question is, is there a way I set up something so from outside the…
Daniel
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Ubuntu, two NICs but only one with internet connection
I am having issue with my Ubuntu because I am unable to use wget or access any website with my current setup.
I have two NICs, enp2s0 and enp2s1.
enp2s0 is connected to the internet but connected to a NAT router (IP Address: 192.168.1.2)
While for…

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How to route server_A's internet traffic through server_B using a GRE Tunnel?
I have two Linux servers. I want to use a GRE tunnel to route all internet traffic from ClientBox through a tunnel to GatewayBox, so that, to the rest of the internet, my ClientBox appears to be GatewayBox, and so that I can use GatewayBox's…

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How to route based on domain name?
I can route by IP range by the route command. But is there any domain based route solution?

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"No route to host" until "ping" or "route"
I have two computers in one WiFi network:
A - client
B - server
Sometimes (once in ten times) after B reboot I am unable to ssh from A to B:
$ ssh 192.168.201.128
ssh: connect to host 192.168.201.128 port 22: No route to host
When I try to ping…

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Default route is missing
I upgraded my server from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04 and now my default route is missing. So every time I boot I have to manually add it back with the command:
sudo route add default gw 192.168.10.1
How do I make that permanent?
Thanks.

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How do VPN servers/clients avoid routing their own remote connection packets through themself?
I am trying to conceptualise how networking works under the hood for linux VPNs which use TUN interfaces.
My current best guess is as follows (please correct me):
Connection established to remote client/server.
TUN interface created and brought…

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