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Adding a network route in a Windows machine.
construction How-to
First you will need to know the following mandatory parameters:
- destination: The network destination of the route
- netmask: The subnet mask of the destination of the route
- gateway: the forwarding or next hop IP address
You can then proceed with the following:
- Open an elevated command prompt (Run as administrator)
- Execute the following command:
route add destination mask netmask gatewaySo if, for example, you want to route traffic for the destination network 172.24.0.0/24 via the gateway 172.16.0.1 you should execute:
route add 172.24.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 172.16.0.1Note: by default the route is not permanent, meaning it will be lost on the next system reboot. To make it permanent, simply add /p at the end of the command, like this:
route add 172.24.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 172.16.0.1 /pschool Further considerations
- You can read more about the route command on the official Microsoft documentation
- Permanent routes are stored in the registry under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\PersistentRoutes
Article ID: SYS-WIN-0008