Well, I just tried it (never understood before what ip route get was supposed to do!) and it works for me! $ sudo ip ro get 10.1.2.4 10.1.2.4 via 213.244.168.193 dev eth0 src 213.244.168.210 cache mtu 1500 i too tried it but get the result--->Truncated message... !! am using iproute2-ss010803 with RH7.2 , am using coomplied iproute & not the RPM !