Hi , i have two default routes , I used below two commands to add routes . route add default gw 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 metric 0 route add default gw 10.232.18.5 dev eth1 metric 1 So 10.232.18.5 will become the default route since it is added secondly . All packets are routed to this address . Suppose 10.232.18.5 machine is down , will the packets will use the next default route ? . Could you please mention any case in which packets will use the route 192.168.1.1 .? Thanks, Ratheesh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html