diff --git a/SoftLayer/CLI/globalip/assign.py b/SoftLayer/CLI/globalip/assign.py
index ea9a3d12f..3f58d7125 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/CLI/globalip/assign.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/CLI/globalip/assign.py
@@ -5,17 +5,22 @@
 
 import SoftLayer
 from SoftLayer.CLI import environment
-from SoftLayer.CLI import helpers
 
+target_types = {'vlan': 'SoftLayer_Network_Vlan',
+                'ip': 'SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_IpAddress',
+                'hardware': 'SoftLayer_Hardware_Server',
+                'vsi': 'SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest'}
 
-@click.command()
+
+@click.command(epilog="More information about types and identifiers "
+                      "on https://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Network_Subnet/route/")
 @click.argument('identifier')
-@click.argument('target')
+@click.option('--target', type=click.Choice(['vlan', 'ip', 'hardware', 'vsi']),
+              help='choose the type. vlan, ip, hardware, vsi')
+@click.option('--target-id', help='The identifier for the destination resource to route this subnet to. ')
 @environment.pass_env
-def cli(env, identifier, target):
-    """Assigns the global IP to a target."""
+def cli(env, identifier, target, target_id):
+    """Assigns the subnet to a target."""
 
     mgr = SoftLayer.NetworkManager(env.client)
-    global_ip_id = helpers.resolve_id(mgr.resolve_global_ip_ids, identifier,
-                                      name='global ip')
-    mgr.assign_global_ip(global_ip_id, target)
+    mgr.route(identifier, target_types.get(target), target_id)
diff --git a/SoftLayer/fixtures/SoftLayer_Network_Subnet.py b/SoftLayer/fixtures/SoftLayer_Network_Subnet.py
index ac3b9d74a..9ecf8164e 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/fixtures/SoftLayer_Network_Subnet.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/fixtures/SoftLayer_Network_Subnet.py
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@
 editNote = True
 setTags = True
 cancel = True
+route = True
diff --git a/SoftLayer/managers/network.py b/SoftLayer/managers/network.py
index 0f550ec3d..73cd4430c 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/managers/network.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/managers/network.py
@@ -824,3 +824,13 @@ def get_closed_pods(self):
         mask = """mask[name, datacenterLongName, frontendRouterId, capabilities, datacenterId, backendRouterId,
                 backendRouterName, frontendRouterName]"""
         return self.client.call('SoftLayer_Network_Pod', 'getAllObjects', mask=mask, filter=closing_filter)
+
+    def route(self, subnet_id, type_serv, target):
+        """Assigns a global IP address to a specified target.
+
+        :param int subnet_id: The ID of the global IP being assigned
+        :param string type_serv: The type service to assign
+        :param string target: The instance to assign
+        """
+        return self.client.call('SoftLayer_Network_Subnet', 'route',
+                                type_serv, target, id=subnet_id, )
diff --git a/tests/CLI/modules/globalip_tests.py b/tests/CLI/modules/globalip_tests.py
index e12b7c3f6..f46bd5ef7 100644
--- a/tests/CLI/modules/globalip_tests.py
+++ b/tests/CLI/modules/globalip_tests.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 class DnsTests(testing.TestCase):
 
     def test_ip_assign(self):
-        result = self.run_command(['globalip', 'assign', '1', '127.0.0.1'])
+        result = self.run_command(['globalip', 'assign', '1'])
 
         self.assert_no_fail(result)
         self.assertEqual(result.output, "")
diff --git a/tests/managers/network_tests.py b/tests/managers/network_tests.py
index a578fd604..24a2bbb0b 100644
--- a/tests/managers/network_tests.py
+++ b/tests/managers/network_tests.py
@@ -628,3 +628,7 @@ def test_vlan_edit(self):
     def test_get_all_pods(self):
         self.network.get_pods()
         self.assert_called_with('SoftLayer_Network_Pod', 'getAllObjects')
+
+    def test_route(self):
+        self.network.route('SoftLayer_Hardware_Server', 123456, 100)
+        self.assert_called_with('SoftLayer_Network_Subnet', 'route')