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My provider has a (stupid) setup where the IP address for the gateway is on a totally different IP range than the assigned IP address. They insist on doing this for whatever reason. I'm trying to get Windows Server 2012 R2 configured using a static route but have had no luck. I was able to get the network configured on FreeBSD using the following configuration in /etc/rc.conf:

ifconfig_vtnet0="inet 142.4.196.xxx netmask 0xffffffff"
static_routes="net1 net2"
route_net1="-net 192.99.16.254/32 -iface vtnet0"
route_net2="default 192.99.16.254"

Is there anyway to convert this so it will work on Windows Server 2012 R2? I've tried doing route ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 192.99.16.254 but no luck.

Here's my IP address info:

IP Address: 142.4.196.xxx
(Required) subnet mask: 255.255.255.255
Gateway: 192.99.16.254
SameOldNick
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  • `My provider has a (stupid) setup where the IP address is totally different than the assigned IP address.` - That statement makes no sense. Can you clarify? – joeqwerty May 14 '14 at 18:20
  • Sorry, I meant ``My provider has a (stupid) setup where the IP address for the gateway is on a totally different IP range than the assigned IP address.`` – SameOldNick May 14 '14 at 18:33
  • Your netmask should be `0.0.0.0` and not `255.255.255.255` for you to be able to reach the route. – ek9 May 14 '14 at 18:39

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OVH hosting does this same thing. the ip block you are assigned does not contain your gateway.

they provide per OS directions which perhaps can help you: http://help.ovh.co.uk/BridgeClient

your default route in your post will work, but you must provide a route to that gateway

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    My provider uses OVH and they referred me to a similar article (http://help.ovh.com/IpAlias) but there is no IP failover address provided. – SameOldNick May 14 '14 at 19:28
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You should not need to setup a static route, setting right netmask should be enough. You seem to have it set to 255.255.255.255, but you need to set it to 0.0.0.0

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    According to my provider, the netmask **MUST** be set to 255.255.255.255 otherwise OVH will block the IP address. Also, Windows Server 2012 R2 won't let me specify the net mask as 0.0.0.0 – SameOldNick May 14 '14 at 19:29
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After finally getting a hold of my provider, it turned out the problem was that the MAC address was wrong and thus causing it to not connect. I didn't have to add any static routes or anything to get to work (luckily).

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