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Q147232: Route Change Command Does Not Indicate Error

Article: Q147232
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.5,3.51,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When you use ROUTE CHANGE and enter a non-existent route, no error message
appears to indicate that the route does not exist.

For example, if you enter the following:

  route change 199.199.24.0 mask 255.255.255.0 157.57.8.1 metric 1

and your Route table looks like the table below, no error message appears that
indicates you have an incorrect route:

Active Routes:

Network Address     Netmask        Gateway Address  Interface     Metric
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0        157.57.8.1       157.57.8.214    1
127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0        127.0.0.1        127.0.0.1       1
157.57.8.0       255.255.248.0    157.57.8.214     157.57.8.214    1
157.57.8.214     255.255.255.255  127.0.0.1        127.0.0.1       1
157.57.255.255   255.255.255.255  157.57.8.214     157.57.8.214    1
224.0.0.0        224.0.0.0        157.57.8.214     157.57.8.214    1
255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255  157.57.8.214     157.57.8.214    1

CAUSE
=====

The ROUTE CHANGE command does not check the validity of the network address that
you enter.

RESOLUTION
==========

To work around this problem, use ROUTE PRINT to make sure that the change to the
route has been done correctly.

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: prodnt

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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search
Version           : :3.5,3.51,4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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