diff --git a/route_info_aix.go b/route_info_aix.go
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+package sockaddr
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+var cmds map[string][]string = map[string][]string{
+	"route": {"/usr/sbin/route", "-n", "get", "default"},
+}
+
+type routeInfo struct {
+	cmds map[string][]string
+}
+
+// NewRouteInfo returns a BSD-specific implementation of the RouteInfo
+// interface.
+func NewRouteInfo() (routeInfo, error) {
+	return routeInfo{
+		cmds: cmds,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// GetDefaultInterfaceName returns the interface name attached to the default
+// route on the default interface.
+func (ri routeInfo) GetDefaultInterfaceName() (string, error) {
+	out, err := exec.Command(cmds["route"][0], cmds["route"][1:]...).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var ifName string
+	if ifName, err = parseDefaultIfNameFromRoute(string(out)); err != nil {
+		return "", errors.New("No default interface found")
+	}
+	return ifName, nil
+}