Microsoft KB Archive/147232

= Route Change Command Does Not Indicate Error =

Article ID: 147232

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q147232





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 that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: kbnetwork kbprb KB147232

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