How To Configure A Default Static Route On Windows Server

You may configure default static routes on routers, which you do not want to have detailed routing information about you network. Moreover, configuring a default static route is an easy task either on Cisco routers or Windows Server 2003 operating system. Therefore, you can just complete the following steps in order to setup a static route on Windows Server 2003:

Step 1: Open the Routing and Remote Access MMC.

Step 2: In the tree structure of the Routing and Remote Access MMC, click on Routing and Remote Access.

Step 3: Click on the name of your server.

Step 4: Click on IP Routing.

Step 5: Click on General.

Step 6: Click on IP routing protocol.

Step 7: Click on Static routes.

Step 8: Click on New Static Route.

Step 9: In the Interfaces area, click on the interface to be used as the outgoing interface for the default route.

Step 10: In the Destination area, enter 0.0.0.0.

Step 11: In the Network Mask area, enter 0.0.0.0.

Step 12: In the Gateway are, complete one of the following actions:
* If the interface type is demand-dial, then Gateway is not available. Activate the check box "Use this route to initiate demand-dial connections" to establish a demand-dial connection for IP packets corresponding to the route.
* If the route's outgoing interface type is LAN, such as Ethernet or token ring, then enter the IP address of the interface of the next-hop router who is on the same LAN network segment network as the route's interface.

Step 13: In the Metric field, enter 1.

Take into account that you should be a member of the Administrators group in order to execute the following procedure. It is suggested to right-click the Routing and Remote Access icon and then click on Run As option rather than to open a Windows session using the credentials of a member of the Administrators group.