Adding a static route for an Internet IP

[James McGuire]

My company has a server with a public-IP, for example, 206.214.62.55,
but it is not connected to the Internet. It is advertised on public
DNS, but the only connection to it is via a T-1 on a private network.

My issue is that when I try to access that server, my ISP resolves the
domain name to the 206.214.62.55 address, but doesn't have a route to
it - so it fails. All expected.

What I need to do is setup a static route on my XP machine to point
all requests for that IP at a gateway address of, say, 66.92.237.18
for example. That is the IP for a public router that I know has a
good route to my server.

Essentially I need to setup my own routing rule locally on my machine,
since my ISP doesn't have a good route. Is there any way to do that?

Thanks for any help..

 

[Guest]

You do this with the ROUTE ADD conmmand at the cmd prompt. By default this
creates temporary routes, so feel free to try. ROUTE ADD /? for more info.

A HOSTS file entry would possibly also be needed if you refer to the server
by its DNS name.