How to add static routes in Ubuntu Static routing is the way to route the internet traffic manually.it does not required any network protocol to set it up,but be aware of network changes to reconfigure static routes. Command : route add (-net/-host) <IP/Netword address> netmask <subnetmask> gw <Gateway> dev <Interface> Example : route add -net 192.168.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 route add -host 192.168.10.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 To view network configurations : # ifconfig or # nano /etc/network/interfaces if the configurations are not saved then sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart and check again ,