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Viewing the default route information from the command-line interface

You can view default route information such as whether the routed daemon is turned on or off, default route information, and routing protocols. You can view the default route information by using the routed status command.

Step

  1. Enter the following command:
    routed status

    Note: You can also view the default route by using the netstat -rn or route -s commands.

    Example

    The output of the routed status command is as follows:

    routed status
    RIP snooping is on
    Gateway                 Metric  State   Time Last Heard
    example-gateway.com       1     ALIVE   Wed Mar 18 13:58:56 IST 2009
    0 free gateway entries, 1 used

    In the routed status command output, metric is the route property that is used to determine the preferred route. The route with the lowest metric is the preferred route. You should always use a metric greater than 0 when adding default routes.