Which route is chosen

Show the exact route, src IP and oif the kernel picks for a destination

ip route get <ip>
tool
iproute212 commands
tags
iproute2networktroubleshootingdebug

More iproute2 commands

  • Source-based policy routing
    ip rule add from <ip> table 100 && ip route add default via 192.168.1.1 dev <name> table 100

    Route by source IP via a separate table; check with ip rule show

  • Run command in netns
    ip netns add test && ip netns exec test ip -br a

    Create an isolated network namespace and run commands inside it

  • Inject latency and loss
    tc qdisc add dev <name> root netem delay 100ms loss 1% && tc -s qdisc show dev <name>

    Simulate WAN latency/packet loss for testing; remove with tc qdisc del

  • Remove netem qdisc
    tc qdisc del dev <name> root

    Drop the root qdisc to restore normal traffic after netem testing

  • Watch route/link events
    ip monitor all

    Live stream of route/link/addr/neigh changes; great for flapping debug

all 12 iproute2 commands