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I am confused about the route scope parameter in the output if /sbin/ip route. 

default via 10.32.10.1 dev wlan0  proto static 
10.32.10.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.32.10.154  metric 9 
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000

I understand what an IP address's scope is and the reasoning behind it; however, why do you need scope for a route as well? This seems redundant as any route with no gateway for a subnet is link-local. Am I missing something here?

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