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Route is particularly useful for troubleshooting incorrect static routes or for adding a route to a route table to temporarily bypass a problem gateway. Static routes can be used in place of implicit routes specified by a default gateway. Use Route to add static routes to forward packets going to a gateway specified by default to avoid loops, improve traffic time, and so on.

The parameters for Route are as follows:

. -add—Adds a route to a table. Use –p to make the route persistent for subsequent sessions.

. -Delete—Deletes a route from the table.

. -Print—Prints a route.

. -change—Modifies an existing route.

. -destination—Specifies the host address.

. -gateway—Specifies the address of gateway for Route.

. IF interface—Specifies the interface for the routing table to modify.

. -mask Netmask—Uses the subnet mask specified by Netmask. If mask is not used, it defaults to 255.255.255.255.

. -METRIC Metric—Specifies the metric, or cost, for the route using the value Metric.

. -f—Clears the routing table of all gateway entries.

. -p—Used with -add to create a persistent route.

Source of Information : Sams - Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed (2010)