Right, you can change you default gateway on windows by route command , it’s very useful. Other than , you can add route to other network by this command too. I have example for you too. ( I get from link that 
)
Syntax route [-f] [-p] [Command[Destination] [mask Network] [Gateway] [metric Metric]] [if Interface]]
Example:
To display the entire contents of the IP routing table, type:
route print
To display the routes in the IP routing table that begin with 10., type:
route print 10.*
To add a default route with the default gateway address of 192.168.12.1, type:
route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.12.1
To add a route to the destination 10.41.0.0 with the subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 and the next hop address of 10.27.0.1, type:
route add 10.41.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 10.27.0.1
To add a persistent route to the destination 10.41.0.0 with the subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 and the next hop address of 10.27.0.1, type:
route -p add 10.41.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 10.27.0.1
To add a route to the destination 10.41.0.0 with the subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, the next hop address of 10.27.0.1, and the cost metric of 7, type:
route add 10.41.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 10.27.0.1 metric 7
To add a route to the destination 10.41.0.0 with the subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, the next hop address of 10.27.0.1, and using the interface index 0×3, type:
route add 10.41.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 10.27.0.1 if 0×3
To delete the route to the destination 10.41.0.0 with the subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, type:
route delete 10.41.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0
To delete all routes in the IP routing table that begin with 10., type:
route delete 10.*
To change the next hop address of the route with the destination of 10.41.0.0 and the subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 from 10.27.0.1 to 10.27.0.25, type:
route change 10.41.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 10.27.0.25
I’m still wondering how to change the default gateway on windows by command line
Nexus,
Use this command:
route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.12.1
The route default will change to 192.168.12.1 in this case.
[]s,
Suzin
Just change “add” to “change”.
route change 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.12.1
Att.,
Suzin
Is there a way to keep the default gateway change if you restart?
Hi Deathcat,
You can put your commands into startup.bat. You can create by yourself please see all information at : http://aroundcny.com/technofile/texts/bklauncher98.html
It doesn’t work on Windows XP sp3 or Windows 7. Try clearing the routing table and then put back the default route. Something like this:
route -f
route add -p 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 METRIC 10
The routing table (route print) will look ok, but communication won’t work. You’ll have to use the graphic interface in order to enter the default gateway. First you have to change it to something else than 192.168.1.254, and then back to 192.168.1.254.
I can’t figure out what am I missing. Or this is a bug?
I have this routes in my routing table
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 On-link 10.157.35.187 41
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 4256
0.0.0.0 128.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 4256
Do you know how to remove only this ” 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 4256″
Very quickly this web site will be famous amid all blogging people, due to it’s fastidious content
My brother suggested I may like this website. He was once totally right.
This put up actually made my day. You can not imagine just how so much time I had spent for this information!
Thanks!
Hi, is it possible to change metric that has “on-link” gateway?