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Examples of adding static routes in Solaris

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192.1681.1

Static Vs Dynamic routes

Staticroutesareaddedusingtheroutecommandeitherbyascriptorbyusingcommandline.Dynamic
routesareaddedbysomeroutingdaemon.Daemonsthatareresponsibleforaddingdynamicroutesthat
arecurrentlybundled/supportedwithSolarisare/usr/sbin/in.routed(RoutingInformationProtocol(RIP))and
/usr/sbin/in.rdisc(RouterNetworkDiscoveryProtocol).

Using command line

Toaddanonpersistentroutewejustsimpleuserouteaddcommandwithouttheoptionp.Notethatthese
routesgetsflushedifyourebootthesystem.Beloware2examplesofaddingaroute(192.168.1.1)forthe
network10.10.10.0/24
#routeadd10.10.10.0netmask255.255.255.0192.168.1.1
#routeadd10.10.10.0/24192.168.1.1

Toaddapersistentrouteweneedtousethepparameterwiththeroutecommand.Inthefollowing
examplesthenetwork10.10.10.0/24networkusesthegateway192.168.1.1.

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#routepadd10.10.10.0netmask255.255.255.0192.168.1.1
#routepadd10.10.10.0/24192.168.1.1

Toaddapersistentdefaultroute(192.168.1.1):
#routepadddefault192.168.1.1

Toretrieveinformationaboutaspecificroute:
#routegetdefault
routeto:default
destination:default
mask:default
gateway:192.168.1.1
interface:e1000g0
flags:
recvpipesendpipessthreshrtt,msrttvar,mshopcountmtuexpire
00000015000

Todisplaythecompleteroutingtable:
#netstatnr
RoutingTable:IPv4
DestinationGatewayFlagsRefUseInterface

192.168.1.0192.168.1.30U123e1000g0
224.0.0.0192.168.1.30U10e1000g0
224.0.0.0192.168.1.30UG10
127.0.0.1127.0.0.1UH4121lo0

Thevariousflags(intheFlagscolumn):
UTheinterfaceisup.
HHostroute.Thedestinationisasystem,notanetwork.
GThedeliverysystemisanothersystem(anindirectroute).
DTheentrywasaddeddynamicallybyanICMPredirect.

Toseethepersistentroutesaddedinthesystem:
#routepshow
persistent:routeadd10.10.10.0/24192.168.1.1

Todeleteapersistentroute(persistently):

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#routepdelete10.10.10.0/24192.168.1.1

Using rc script
Theabovecommandlinemethodwillnotworkinsolaris8and9,alsoinsomeolderpatchversionsof
solaris10.Toovercomethiswehaveanothermethod.Wecancreatearcscriptin/etc/rc2.d,saywithname
S91routes.Addtherouteaddcommandinthisscript:
#/usr/sbin/routeadd10.10.10.0netmask255.255.255.0192.168.1.1

Nowwhenthenexttimethesystembootsupthisscriptwouldrunandaddtheroutespecifiedinthescript.

Other examples
Tochangearoute,wecanuseroutechangecommand(tochangedefaultroutefrom192.168.1.1to
10.10.10.1):
#routechangedefault10.10.10.1

TocontinuouslymonitoranychangestotheRoutingtableandroutelookupmisseswecanuseroute
monitorcommand:
#routemonitor
gotmessageofsize124
RTM_DELETE:DeleteRoute:len124,pid:633,seq1,errno0,flags:
locks:inits:
sockaddrs:
192.168.3.0sys11ext255.255.255.0

Toflush(remove)theroutingtableofallgatewayentries,usetherouteflushcommand.
#routeflush
default192.168.1.1done
10.10.10.010.10.10.1done

Tocausetheroutingtabletoflushbeforetheremainingoptionsareevaluated,usetheflushoptionbefore
usingotheroptions:
#routefadd10.10.10.0/24192.168.1.1

Toaddaroutemanuallytothemulticastaddressrangeof224239:
#routeadd224.0/4`unamen`

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Toaddadefaultstaticrouteusingthe/etc/defaultrouterfile,addthedefaultrouterIPaddresstothefile
/etc/defaultrouter.Asystemthatisconfiguredwithan/etc/defaultrouterfiledoesnotexecutethein.routed
daemon.
#echo"192.168.1.1">>/etc/defaultrouter

Wecanalsousethe/etc/gatewaysfiletoaddstaticroutes.Ifthe/etc/gatewaysfileexists,thein.routed
daemonreadsthefilewhenitstarts.Nowtoaddastaticroute(192.168.1.1)fornetwork192.168.1.0,edit
the/etc/gatewaysfileandaddbelowentry
#cat/etc/gateways
net192.168.1.0gateway192.168.1.1

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Rajasays
March4,2014at5:13AM
Niceworkbuddy,keepitcoming.
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SandeepPatilsays
March4,2014at12:13PM
SureDude.Itsjustthebeginning.Moreandalotmoreyettocome.Staytuned:)
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ManojRayatesays
May17,2014at5:31AM
Hi,
Wehavequery.
Whatisthelimitofaddingstaticrouteinsolaris10?
Wecanadd100or200staticrouteinsolaris10?
Pleasehelpus.
Thanksinadvance.
ManojRayate.

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SandeepPatilsays
May17,2014at5:43AM
Dontreallyknowaboutthelimit.ButImsureyoucanadd100/200routesinSolaris.Make
sureyouarenotduplicatingoraddingunnecessaryroutes.Asinglewiderroutecanreplace
10sofsmallerroutes.
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