Recover from running "route -f"
        Posted  
        
            by 
                James L.
            
        on Server Fault
        
        See other posts from Server Fault
        
            or by James L.
        
        
        
        Published on 2012-08-31T22:04:32Z
        Indexed on 
            2012/09/01
            9:40 UTC
        
        
        Read the original article
        Hit count: 408
        
I was trying to capture localhost traffic with Ethereal, which doesn't work without re-routing localhost traffic to your router gateway.  I didn't get the route command quite right, and messed up my routing table.  I typed route -f to clear the routing table and rebooted, but when I finished rebooting, the routing table wasn't restored to its original state.  I didn't use the -p parameter, so none of my changes should have persisted after a reboot.
What can I do to restore the routing table to its default routes?
© Server Fault or respective owner