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Appendix B
How to Make Route Delete
Reboot Persistent
These instructions are for Windows 2000/NT systems. This is not necessary for
Windows 2003 or 2008 systems.
1. In a Windows system, go to boot drive root by cd C:\
2. Use a text editor to create a text file, in which it contains one line:
route delete 10.1.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 10.1.1.200
3. In above file 10.1.0.0 is the network destination, 255.255.0.0 is the Netmask for the
network, and 10.1.1.200 is the farm address, also is the address for the loopback
adapter address.
4. Start Scheduled Task in control panel;
5. Click “add Scheduled Task”; then next;
6. “Browse” to the .bat file we created—like WebMux.bat under c:\ ;
7. Choose “Perform this task”—“when my computer starts.”
That will delete the route every time the Windows computer reboots. Please make sure after
“route delete” the only route left in the routing table for the loopback adapter is this one (your
actual IP address and netmask maybe different):
10.1.1.255 255.255.255.255 10.1.1.200 10.1.1.200 1
All other routes for the loopback adapter must not show in the routing table. On both
Windows and Unix, the routing table can be seen by execute this command:
“netstat –rn”
Please note for Windows 2003 servers, the route for the loopback adapter cannot be deleted.
However, since Windows 2003 server automatically sets a high metric number, the route does
not need to be deleted.