Adding a static route into the Windows routing table

This recipe follows right on the heels of our previous topic. If you have never worked on a server that is making use of more than one NIC, then you have probably never had a reason to poke around in the Windows routing table. The minute that you are tasked with setting up a new server that needs to be connected to multiple networks, or you get thrown into a situation where you need to troubleshoot such a system, this suddenly becomes critical information to have in your back pocket.

On a server that is connected to multiple networks, you only have one Default Gateway address defined. This means any subnets that need to be reached by flowing through one of the other NICs, the ones that do not ...

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