The route command is used to view and manipulate the IP routing table in Windows operating systems456 The routing table contains information about how to reach different network destinations. The output from the workstation shows that the routing table does not have a default gateway, which is a router that forwards packets to other networks that are not directly connected to the local network. A default gateway is usually specified by a route with a destination of 0.0.0.0 and a netmask of 0.0.0.0, which matches any IP address.
To correct the issue, the technician can use the route ADD command to add a default gateway to the routing table. The syntax of the command is:
route ADD <destination> MASK <netmask> <gateway> metric <metric>
The destination and netmask parameters should be 0.0.0.0 to indicate a default route. The gateway parameter should be the IP address of the router that can reach the internet, which is 10.10.51.10 in this case. The metric parameter is an optional value that indicates the cost or preference of the route, which can be used to choose between multiple routes to the same destination. A lower metric means a higher preference. The metric parameter can be any integer between 1 and 9999. In this case, the metric parameter can be 35 or any other value.
Therefore, the correct command is:
route ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 10.10.51.10 metric 35