This policy rule sends packets originating from 192.168.1.100 to routing table 100, whose routes you define separately with ip route add table 100. Source-based routing like this can split a machine across two ISPs or VPNs. The rule disappears on reboot unless saved in a config file such as /etc/iproute2/rt_tables.
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