Error Message:

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command : bad gateway address address

Explanation:

If you used a network name or alias for the gateway parameter in the Route command and you get this message, then the Route command was unable to find the name or alias in the HOSTS file on the local computer (the path to the HOSTS file is \\<Systemroot>\\system32\\drivers\\etc). If you used an IP address, you specified an invalid format. For example, you may not have used a dotted decimal form, such as 11.1.12.17.

User Action:

Check the hardware connection to the gateway. Check the cable connections from the network adapter to the 10baseT drops for both the workstation and the gateway. If an IP address is used in the route command, verify that the address is used in the dotted decimal format.