(Its a mac, so en2 == bnep0) $ ifconfig en2 en2: flags=8963 mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::21b:63ff:fe4b:13cf%en2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xc inet 10.0.1.5 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255 ether 00:1b:63:4b:13:cf media: autoselect status: active supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP (I don't want to break my existing connections, so first a simple test..) $ sudo route add 198.6.1.5 10.0.1.1 add host 198.6.1.5: gateway 10.0.1.1 $ ping -c5 198.6.1.5 PING 198.6.1.5 (198.6.1.5): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 198.6.1.5: icmp_seq=0 ttl=241 time=288.778 ms 64 bytes from 198.6.1.5: icmp_seq=1 ttl=241 time=135.617 ms 64 bytes from 198.6.1.5: icmp_seq=2 ttl=241 time=158.320 ms 64 bytes from 198.6.1.5: icmp_seq=3 ttl=241 time=188.141 ms 64 bytes from 198.6.1.5: icmp_seq=4 ttl=241 time=201.014 ms --- 198.6.1.5 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 135.617/194.374/288.778/52.435 ms (It works!)