Windows accepts a route to a subset of the LAN. Normal?

Asked Mar 22 '19 at 14:56

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My laptop's Ethernet NIC has this IP address : 10.0.100.42/16

I noticed that I can add a route to 10.0.115.1/24 (a subset of the laptop subnet) to an external subnet:

route add 10.0.115.1 mask 255.255.255.0 10.125.3.4

Since this is a subnet of the local LAN, I don't expect this to work. Is it just a bug in Windows 7 or is it an expected behaviour that I can trust to keep working in recent and upcoming Windows versions?

asked Mar 22 '19 at 14:56

Serge Wautier

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That seems perfectly normal to me. – Michael Hampton Mar 22 '19 at 15:03
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Most systems permit you to have overlapping routes. Routes are typically processed in the order of most specific to least specific. – Zoredache Mar 22 '19 at 17:04

Windows accepts a route to a subset of the LAN. Normal?

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