Manage a Windows Server 2003 Network: Part 4

Table of Contents

1. Main Menu
2. Part 4: Configure & Manage Static IP Routing
3. 4.1 Basic Terminology
4. 4.2: Routing Basics
5. 4.2.1: Understanding the Routing Table
6. 4.3: Static Routing
7. 4.3.1: Persistent Routes
8. 4.3.2: An example of Static Route Configuration
9. 4.4: An Introduction to the Routing & Remote Access Service
10. Video: Using RRAS to configure and view Static Routes
11. Review Questions for Part 4

4.3: Static Routing

A static route is a route configured manually by the Windows server 2003 network administrator.

This is suitable for smaller networks with only a few routers as any changes to the network topology would incur additional administration to change the static route. However static routes are less resource intensive than dynamic routing protocols

The ROUTE ADD command can be used to create or add new static routes.

For example: ROUTE ADD 10.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 192.168.10.4 where:

10.0.0.0 - this is the destination network address

255.0.0.0 - this is the destination subnet mask

192.168.10.4 - this is the default gateway

This route will only be resident in the RAM and will be lost on reboot.