NETSTAT_ROUTE_INFO view

The NETSTAT_ROUTE_INFO view returns information about IPv4 and IPv6 routes.

The values returned for the columns in the view are closely related to the values returned by List Network Routes API. Refer to the API for more detailed information.

Authorization: None required.

The following table describes the columns in the view. The system name is NS_ROUTE. The schema is QSYS2.

Table 1. NETSTAT_ROUTE_INFO view
Column Name	System Column Name	Data Type	Description
CONNECTION_TYPE	CONN_TYPE	CHAR(4)	The type of connection. IPV4 The connection is an IPv4 connection. IPV6 The connection is an IPv6 connection.
ROUTE_DESTINATION	ROUTE_DEST	VARCHAR(45)	The Internet Protocol address of the ultimate destination reached by this route. For IPv4: The address is in IPv4 address format. When used in combination with the subnet mask and the type of service values, the route destination identifies a route to a network or system. A value of 0.0.0.0 means that the route destination is the default route. For IPv6: The address is in IPv6 address format. When used in combination with the prefix length, the route destination identifies a route to a network or host.
SUBNET_MASK	SUBNET_MSK	VARCHAR(15) Nullable	The actual value of the subnet mask for the route destination in dotted-decimal notation. A value of 0.0.0.0 means no value is defined. Contains null if this is an IPv6 connection.
NEXT_HOP	NEXT_HOP	VARCHAR(45)	The internet address of the first system on the path from your system to the route destination. For IPv4: The address is in IPv4 address format. For IPv6: The address is in IPv6 address format. Can contain the following special value: *DIRECT This is the next hop value of a route that is automatically created.
PREFIX_LENGTH	PRE_LEN	INTEGER Nullable	The prefix length defines how many bits of the route destination IPv6 address are in the prefix. It specifies how many of the left-most bits of the address make up the prefix. The prefix length is used to generate network and host addresses. Contains null if this is an IPv4 connection.
ROUTE_STATUS	ROUTE_STS	VARCHAR(10) Nullable	The current state of the route. DOD This route is used for Point-to-Point (PPP) Dial-on-Demand. Currently, this Dial-on-Demand route is not available. The route will become available when a Dial-on-Demand session is initiated for the interface this route is associated with. For IPv4: YES The router specified by the next hop value for this interface is available for use. NO The router specified by the next hop value for this interface is not available for use. NO GATEWAY The router specified by the next hop value for this interface is not available for use, the router may be experiencing a problem. For IPv6: ACTIVE This route is currently active and is in the current route search path. INACTIVE This route is not in the route search path and is not being used. Contains null if the state is unknown.
ROUTE_MAXIMUM_ TRANSMISSION_UNIT	ROUTE_MTU	VARCHAR(10)	The maximum transmission unit (MTU) value for this route in bytes. Can be either a number or one of the following special values: For IPv4: IFC The route is not currently active and the MTU was specified as IFC. OTHER An Internet Protocol (IP) over SNA interface. For IPv6: IP6LINMTU This route uses the MTU of the line it is bound to.
CONFIGURED_ROUTE_ MAXIMUM_ TRANSMISSION_UNIT	CFG_RT_MTU	VARCHAR(10) Nullable	A number representing the configured maximum transmission unit (MTU) value for this route, in bytes. Can be either a number or the following special value: IP6LINMTU The route MTU was specified as IP6LINMTU, the MTU value of the line to which this route is bound. Contains null if this is an IPv4 connection.
ROUTE_TYPE	ROUTE_TYPE	VARCHAR(8) Nullable	The type of route. DFTROUTE A default route. DIRECT A route to a network or subnetwork to which this system has a direct physical connection. HOST A route to a specific remote host. NET An indirect route to a remote network. SUBNET An indirect route to a remote subnetwork. This option is only for IPv4 connections. Contains null if the type of route is unknown.
ROUTE_SOURCE	ROUTE_SRC	VARCHAR(18) Nullable	Specifies how this route was added to the routing table. For IPv4: CFG The route was added using the configuration commands of the local system. ICMP The route was added with the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect mechanism. OTHER The route was added with a sockets input/output control (IOCtl) or other mechanism. RIP The route was added by the Routing Information Protocol (RIP). SNMP The route was added by the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). For IPv6: AUTOCONFIG This route was added because of an interface added by stateless autoconfiguration. BGP This route was added by the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). CFGIFC The route was added because of a manually configured interface. CFGRTE The route was manually configured. IDRP This route was added by the Inter-Domain Routing Protocol (IDRP). IGRP This route was added by the Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP). OSPF The route was added by the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol. RA_PREFIX_INFO This route was added because of the presence of a Prefix Information Option on a Router Advertisement packet received by the system. RA_ROUTE_INFO This route was added because of the presence of a Route Information Option on a Router Advertisement packet received by the system. RA_ROUTER_LIFETIME This route was added because of the presence of a non-zero value in the Router Lifetime field in a Router Advertisement packet received by the system. REDIRECT This route was added by the ICMPv6 redirect mechanism. RIP The route was added by the Routing Information Protocol (RIP). ROUTING This route was determined to be necessary and added by the TCP/IP stack on this system. SNMP This route was added by the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Contains null if the route source is not known.
SERVICE_TYPE	SRVC_TYPE	VARCHAR(9) Nullable	The type of service that defines how the internet hosts and routers should make trade-offs between throughput, delay, reliability, and cost. MAXRLB A higher level of effort to ensure delivery is important for datagrams with the maximize reliability indication. MAXTHRPUT High data rate is important for datagrams with the maximize throughput indication. MINCOST Lower cost is important for datagrams with the minimize monetary cost indication. MINDELAY Prompt delivery is important for datagrams with the minimize delay indication. NORMAL Normal service is used for delivery of datagrams. OTHER An Internet Protocol (IP) over SNA interface. Contains null if this is an IPv6 connection.
ROUTE_PROTOCOL	ROUTE_PTCL	VARCHAR(7) Nullable	Specifies the protocol that was used to generate this route. BGP Border Gateway protocol. IDRP InterDomain Routing protocol. IGRP InterGateway Routing protocol. LOCAL Local configuration. NDISC Neighbor discovery. NETMGMT Network Management protocol. OSPF Open Shortest Path First protocol. OTHER None of the listed protocols. RIP Routing Information protocol. Contains null if this is an IPv4 connection.
ROUTE_PREFERENCE	ROUTE_PREF	VARCHAR(6) Nullable	The preference of this route during route selection. LOW This route has a low preference. MEDIUM This route has a medium preference. HIGH This route has a high preference. Contains null if this is an IPv4 connection.
LOCAL_BINDING_TYPE	LOCALTYPE	VARCHAR(7) Nullable	The type of line to which this route is bound. DYNAMIC STATIC Contains null if this is an IPv6 connection.
LOCAL_BINDING_INTERFACE	LOCALIFC	VARCHAR(15) Nullable	The IP interface to bind to this route. Contains null if this is an IPv6 connection.
LOCAL_BINDING_INTERFACE_ STATUS	LOCALSTS	VARCHAR(12) Nullable	The current status of the logical interface. ACTIVE The interface has been started and is running. DOD This interface is being used for Point-to-Point (PPP) Dial-on-Demand. DUPLICATE Another host on the LAN responded to a packet destined for this logical interface. ENDING The operating system is processing the request to end this interface. FAILED The line description associated with this interface has entered the failed state. FAILED (TCP) An error was detected in the IBM® TCP/IP Licensed Internal Code. INACTIVE The interface has not been started. RCYCNL A hardware failure has occurred and the line description associated with this interface is in the recovery canceled (RCYCNL) state. RCYPND An error with the physical line associated with this interface was detected by the system. The line description associated with this interface is in the recovery pending (RCYPND) state. STARTING The operating system is processing the request to start this interface. Contains null if this is an IPv6 connection.
LOCAL_BINDING_NETWORK_ ADDRESS	LOCALADDR	VARCHAR(15) Nullable	The Internet address, in dotted decimal notation, of the IP network or subnetwork that the interface is attached to. Contains null if this is an IPv6 connection.
LOCAL_BINDING_SUBNET_MASK	LOCALMASK	VARCHAR(15) Nullable	The subnet mask for the network, subnet, and host address fields for the local binding network address, in dotted decimal notation, that defines the subnetwork for an interface. Contains null if this is an IPv6 connection.
LOCAL_BINDING_LINE_ DESCRIPTION	LOCALLINE	VARCHAR(10)	The name of the communications line description or virtual line (L2TP) that identifies the network associated with an interface. Can contain the following special values: LOOPBACK This is a loopback interface. Processing associated with the loopback interface does not extend to a physical line. OPC This interface is attached to the optical bus (OptiConnect). *VIRTUALIP The virtual interface is a circuitless interface.
LOCAL_BINDING_LINE_STATUS	LOCALLSTS	VARCHAR(8) Nullable	The current operational status of the communications line to which this route is bound. ACTIVE The line is operational. FAILED The desired state of the line is Active, but it is currently in the Inactive state. INACTIVE The line is not operational. Contains null if this is an IPv4 connection.
LOCAL_BINDING_LINE_TYPE	LOCALLTYPE	VARCHAR(6)	The type of line used by the interface. Only supported line types are listed here; obsolete values could be returned for inactive configurations. ASYNC Asynchronous communications protocol. ELAN Ethernet local area network protocol. L2TP Layer Two Tunneling protocol. PPP Point-to-Point protocol. PPPOE Point-to-Point over Ethernet protocol. VETH Virtual Ethernet protocol. Can also contain one of the following special values: ERROR A system error other than those for NOTFND was received while trying to determine the link type for an interface. NONE Line is not defined. This value is used for the following interfaces: LOOPBACK, VIRTUALIP, *OPC. There is no line type value for this interface. NOTFND Not found. The line description object for this interface cannot be found.
LOCAL_BINDING_VIRTUAL_ LAN_ID	LOCALLAN	VARCHAR(4)	The virtual LAN to which this route is bound. Can also contain the following special value: NONE No virtual LAN identifier is associated with the binding line.
ROUTE_PRECEDENCE	ROUTE_PRCD	INTEGER Nullable	Priority of route. Values are 1 to 10, with the lowest priority being 1. Contains null if this is an IPv6 connection.
ROUTE_TEXT	LABEL	VARGRAPHIC(50) CCSID(1200) Nullable	Text description associated with the route. Contains null if there is no description.
DUPLICATE	DUPLICATE	VARCHAR(6) Nullable	Indicates whether this route is a duplicate of another route in the routing table or not, and also whether there are any routes which are duplicates of this route. NO This route is not a duplicate of another route but it does have duplicates. UNIQUE This route is not a duplicate of another route and it does not have any duplicates. YES This route is a duplicate of another route. Contains null if this is an IPv4 connection.
EXPIRATION	EXPIRATION	TIMESTAMP(0) Nullable	The timestamp when this route will expire or did expire. If the timestamp is in the future, the route has not expired yet. If the timestamp is in the past, then this route has expired and is still being returned for a short period of time to indicate that the route ceased to function because its lifetime expired. Contains null if this is an IPv4 connection or if the route will never expire.
PPP_CONFIGURATION_PROFILE	PPPCFGPRF	VARCHAR(10) Nullable	The name of the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) configuration profile associated with this route. Contains null if this is an IPv4 connection or if Point-to-Point Protocol is not being used with this route.
PPP_AUTHENTICATION_USER_ID	PPPAUTUSR	VARCHAR(24) Nullable	The Point-to-Point Protocol authentication user id associated with this route. Contains null if this is an IPv4 connection or if Point-to-Point Protocol is not being used with this route.
PPP_INTERNET_ADDRESS	PPPINTADD	VARCHAR(45) Nullable	The internet address, in IPv6 address format, to which this Point-to-Point route is bound. Contains null if this is an IPv4 connection or if Point-to-Point Protocol is not being used with this route.
PPP_DIAL_ON_DEMAND_ PROFILE	PPPDODPRF	VARCHAR(10) Nullable	The name of the Dial-on-demand Remote Peer Enabled Point-to-Point profile associated with this route. Contains null if this is an IPv4 connection or if Point-to-Point Protocol is not being used with this route.
LAST_CHANGE_TIMESTAMP	LASTCHG	TIMESTAMP(0) Nullable	The timestamp of the most recent change to this route in the dynamic tables used by the protocol stack. Contains null if the interface has never been changed.

Example

Return information about all routes which are available for use.

SELECT * FROM QSYS2.NETSTAT_ROUTE_INFO
  WHERE ROUTE_STATUS = 'YES' OR ROUTE_STATUS = 'ACTIVE'