Adding an alternate route to your home or business is easy with a properly functioning routing table; however, many users neglect to add them until they experience problems reaching their location via that main route.
You'll need to dive into the Command Prompt to add a static route to the Windows routing table, but it's easy and we'll walk you through the steps. Before you get started adding routes, it may be helpful to view the routing table first.
Manually setting static routes gives you granular control over traffic flow on Windows. It’s a must-know trick for network engineers, penetration testers, and system admins working with multiple NICs, VPNs, or test labs.