On some system connected to complex and complicated network, administrator may require to configure a more advanced network topology with additional routing routes requirement. For example, customized route is required when the NIC interface does not know where to route to an IP address on network segment which does not belong to the same subnet, such as router at 192.168.1.1 to access node on 10.1.1.1 and subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. In any cases, administrator or user can add a route into TCP/IP Routing Table using DOS command prompt with route command. Add IP Route Rules into Windows Routing Table in Command Prompt with Route Command 1. Click Start -> Run (or at Start Search in Windows Vista or Windows 7), and type in Cmd, then press Enter to open a command prompt window. 2. The syntax of route command to add a routing table entry: route ADD [destination IP address or subnet] MASK [subnet mask] [gateway IP address] [metric] IF [interface] Not all parts of the syntax is ...
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