# Establishing a Static Route

You can set a destination to receive and send traffic by a specific route through the network.

ipv6 route

- Use to establish a static IPv6 route.
- You can set a destination to receive and send traffic from and to a network or to use a specific route through the network.
- For null 0 interfaces, you can use the reject keyword to enable the sending of ICMP unreachable messages to the originator for discarded ping and traceroute packets that reach the null 0 interface with a static route. Alternatively, you can use the discard keyword to disable the sending of ICMP unreachable messages to the originator for such dropped packets. For more information about the usage of ICMP unreachable messages for packets that reach null 0 interfaces with static routes, see Sending ICMPv6 Unreachable Messages for Static Routes on Null Interfaces.
- Example
  host1(config)#ipv6 route 7fff::0/16 1::1
- Use the no version of this command to remove a static route from the routing table.
- See ipv6 route