Example from a Linux box using VPN that gets external access: # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.254.29.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tun0 70.98.67.208 * 255.255.255.252 U 0 0 0 eth2 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 10.254.29.0 10.254.29.2 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 tun0 default static-70-98-67 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth2 Example from a FreeBSD box using a VPN which cannot get outside access: # netstat -rn Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default 172.16.0.1 UGS 0 5455534 xl0 10.8/24 10.8.0.2 UGS 0 0 tun0 10.8.0.2 10.8.0.1 UH 1 0 tun0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 2687653 lo0 172.16 link#1 UC 0 0 xl0 172.16.0.1 00:01:03:d2:d9:ce UHLW 2 11712 xl0 845 172.16.22.20 00:50:2c:05:a4:86 UHLW 1 33480925 xl0 215 172.16.22.40 00:10:4b:2b:90:74 UHLW 1 1851291 lo0 172.16.66.66 00:50:2c:05:5b:3f UHLW 1 337002 xl0 683 172.16.198.252 00:0c:29:2c:6e:7a UHLW 1 30762 xl0 1112 172.16.255.255 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff UHLWb 1 95692 xl0