This article will go through how to check available network routes in Linux. Routing is the process of choosing a path for traffic inside or between networks. We are going through several routing commands on Linux.
Check Available Network Routes using Route Command
- To check available routes, use the route command below.
route -nSample output
Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 0.0.0.0 192.168.171.2 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 ens33 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 ens33 192.168.171.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 100 0 0 ens33
Check Available Network Routes using IP Command
- Run the IP command below to check available routes in Linux.
ip routeSample output
default via 192.168.171.2 dev ens33 proto dhcp metric 100 169.254.0.0/16 dev ens33 scope link metric 1000 192.168.171.0/24 dev ens33 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.171.144 metric 100
Check Available Network Routes using netstat Command
- To check available routes run the following command.
netstat -rnSample output
Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 0.0.0.0 192.168.171.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ens33 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 ens33 192.168.171.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ens33
- That concludes our article on how to check available network routes in Linux.
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