Displays and modifies the entries in the local IP routing table. If used without parameters, route displays help at the command prompt.
ROUTE [-f] [-p] [-4|-6] command [destination]
[MASK netmask] [gateway] [METRIC metric] [IF interface]
-f Clears the routing tables of all gateway entries. If this is
used in conjunction with one of the commands, the tables are
cleared prior to running the command.
-p When used with the ADD command, makes a route persistent across
boots of the system. By default, routes are not preserved
when the system is restarted. Ignored for all other commands,
which always affect the appropriate persistent routes.
-4 Force using IPv4.
-6 Force using IPv6.
command One of these:
PRINT Prints a route
ADD Adds a route
DELETE Deletes a route
CHANGE Modifies an existing route
destination Specifies the host.
MASK Specifies that the next parameter is the 'netmask' value.
netmask Specifies a subnet mask value for this route entry.
If not specified, it defaults to 255.255.255.255.
gateway Specifies gateway.
interface the interface number for the specified route.
METRIC specifies the metric, ie. cost for the destination.
All symbolic names used for destination are looked up in the network database
file NETWORKS. The symbolic names for gateway are looked up in the host name
database file HOSTS.
If the command is PRINT or DELETE. Destination or gateway can be a wildcard,
(wildcard is specified as a star '*'), or the gateway argument may be omitted.
If Dest contains a * or ?, it is treated as a shell pattern, and only
matching destination routes are printed. The '*' matches any string,
and '?' matches any one char. Examples: 157.*.1, 157.*, 127.*, *224*.
Pattern match is only allowed in PRINT command.
Diagnostic Notes:
Invalid MASK generates an error, that is when (DEST & MASK) != DEST.
Example> route ADD 157.0.0.0 MASK 155.0.0.0 157.55.80.1 IF 1
The route addition failed: The specified mask parameter is invalid. (Destination & Mask) != Destination.
Examples:
> route PRINT
> route PRINT -4
> route PRINT -6
> route PRINT 157* .... Only prints those matching 157*
> route ADD 157.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 157.55.80.1 METRIC 3 IF 2
destination^ ^mask ^gateway metric^ ^
Interface^
If IF is not given, it tries to find the best interface for a given
gateway.
> route ADD 3ffe::/32 3ffe::1
> route CHANGE 157.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 157.55.80.5 METRIC 2 IF 2
CHANGE is used to modify gateway and/or metric only.
> route DELETE 157.0.0.0
> route DELETE 3ffe::/32
For more examples check learn.microsoft.com
C:\Users\crypt0rr>route print
===========================================================================
Interface List
9...00 1c 42 b0 90 e2 ......Parallels VirtIO Ethernet Adapter
14...02 00 4c 4f 4f 50 ......Npcap Loopback Adapter
1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
===========================================================================
IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.211.55.1 10.211.55.6 15
10.211.55.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 10.211.55.6 271
10.211.55.6 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.211.55.6 271
10.211.55.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.211.55.6 271
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 On-link 169.254.136.15 281
169.254.136.15 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.136.15 281
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.136.15 281
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 169.254.136.15 281
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 10.211.55.6 271
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.136.15 281
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.211.55.6 271
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
IPv6 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
If Metric Network Destination Gateway
1 331 ::1/128 On-link
14 281 fe80::/64 On-link
14 281 fe80::2594:eebe:2b4d:880f/128
On-link
1 331 ff00::/8 On-link
14 281 ff00::/8 On-link
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
C:\Users\crypt0rr>route print 10.*
===========================================================================
Interface List
9...00 1c 42 b0 90 e2 ......Parallels VirtIO Ethernet Adapter
14...02 00 4c 4f 4f 50 ......Npcap Loopback Adapter
1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
===========================================================================
IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
10.211.55.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 10.211.55.6 271
10.211.55.6 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.211.55.6 271
10.211.55.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.211.55.6 271
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
IPv6 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
None
Persistent Routes:
None
route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.12.1