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How to Add Static Route in Linux | Ubuntu & RHEL | ip route add Command Explained
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Jun 10, 2025
In this quick and practical Linux tutorial, you will learn how to add static route in Linux — both temporarily and permanently — using the ip route add command. We will walk through examples on Ubuntu 24.04 Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9). ✅ In This Video You’ll Learn: 📌 What is a Static Route? 📌 When and why you need static routing in Linux 📌 How to use ip route add to set a temporary route 📌 How to make routes permanent with: 🟢 Netplan on Ubuntu 🔴 nmcli on RHEL / Rocky Linux 🖥️ Example Command: sudo ip route add 192.168.50.0/24 via 192.168.1.1 dev enp0s3 📂 For Permanent Static Routes: Ubuntu/Debian → Edit /etc/netplan/*.yaml
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hi everyone welcome back to the channel
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in this video I will show you how to add
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a static route in Linux step by step i
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will use Ubuntu and RHS system for the
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demonstration static routes are
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essential when your Linux server needs
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to reach specific networks through a
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particular gateway whether you are
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working on a cloud VM or on premises
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server this guide will help you set up
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static routes permanently and
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temporarily well what is a static route
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a static route tells your Linux system
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exactly where to send network packets
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when they are destined to a specific IP
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or network unlike dynamic routing these
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routes do not change unless you modify
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them manually it's useful in multi-
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network environments especially when the
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default routing is not enough let's say
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you want to reach a
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network 192.168
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50.0/24 via the gateway
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192.168.1.1 so for that we can add a
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static route using the IP command all
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right let's jump into the our Ubuntu
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system first let's verify the network
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details then the command IP add show so
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this is my network interface which is
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currently attached to my Ubuntu system
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and this is the IP address assigned to
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this
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interface if I run IP route
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show this will show me the default
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gateway for this interface all right now
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set the static route using the IP
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command for that run the command sudo
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ip route
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at destin
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network via gateway
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IP dev and then followed by the
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interface name it's
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ENS160 hit
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enter let's break down this command this
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IP route add adds a
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route this is my destin network or the
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network this is my gateway IP address
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and dev
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ensc so for this
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network the next hope is this gateway IP
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address now let's verify the static
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route has been added or not again run
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the command ip route
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show you should see an additional entry
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for our
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route this confirms that our static
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route has been added successfully but
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the static routes added with the IP
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command are temporary to make them
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permanent we need to edit the
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configuration
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file I mean the network configuration
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file on Debian based systems like Ubuntu
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we have a net plan utility which
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controls the network configuration go to
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the folder
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etc net plan
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there you will see a network
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configuration file with the extension yl
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so this name could vary as per your
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setup so let's edit this file using the
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vi
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editor under the route
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section add these entries
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so this choose specify the destined
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network or the IP address and via is
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your gateway IP address so this means
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request towards this network will go via
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this gateway or we can say for this
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network this is the next hope let's save
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and close the
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file and implement these changes using
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the command net
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plan
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apply now rerun the command
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ip
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route show then the static route is now
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persistent across the reboot next move
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to the RHL system
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let's do the same let's first set the
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temporary
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route but before that get the IP details
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first and the command IP add
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show this is the IP
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address this is the interface name and
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if you run IP
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route show so this is the default
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gateway
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in order to set the temporary route on
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RHS system we can use the command ip
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route sudo space ip
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route
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add we want to set the route for this
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network 192.168.0/24
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0/24 via gateway
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192.168.1 and the interface name is
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ENS160 hit
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enter all right again this IP route
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command is used to add the route this is
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my destined network for this network
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this is the next hope or this would be
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the gateway IP for this network and we
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are using the interface ENS
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160 let's verify whether it is
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implemented or not again run the command
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ip route
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show output confirms that the static
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route has been added for this destined
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network but this static route is not
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persistent across the reboot when the
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system get rebooted this static route
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will be removed in order to set the
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static routes permanently we need to
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modify the connection or create a new
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connection using the nmli command let's
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try to add this static route permanently
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run the command sudo
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[Music]
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nmi connection show let's first get the
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connection name so as of now there is
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one
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connection with the name ENS 160 for
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this connection this is the device name
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or the interface name all right now edit
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this
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connection run the command
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sudo
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nmi
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connection modify connection name is ENS
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160 and then plus
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ipv4
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dot
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routes in double
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quotes first specify the destined
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network
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192.168
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6
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0/24 followed by the next hope IP or the
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gateway IP
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192.168
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1.1 hit enter
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in order to make these changes into the
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effect we need to make this connection
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up run the command sudo
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nmi connection up
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ens the output confirms that this
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connection has been activated
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successfully let's verify the changes we
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run the command ip route show
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that's it you have now learned how to
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add both temporary and permanent static
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routes in Linux whether you are using
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Ubuntu RHL Roki Linux or any other
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distribution this method will help you
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control traffic flow on your network if
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