Default Gateway Missing after a Reboot
Applies to: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
I’ve had this issue on a couple of Windows Server 2008 virtual machines in a VMWare environment (ESXi 4.1).
I am not sure if it is related to VMWare. However, I could find a fix.
You enter a default gateway and the gateway disappears after a reboot – it simply disappears !!!
This is how I fixed:
START è RUN èREGEDIT
Navigate to the following key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces”, select the interface that is missing the default gateway. You can identify which interface by the IP Address entry. Create a new STRING value in the selected interface key.
Type: STRING (REG_MULTI_SZ)
Name: DefaultGateway
Value: enter the IP Address of the gateway; in this case it was 170.225.74.97
Post editing registry, I Rebooted the Server; I did not have any more issues with the gateway disappearing. I Opened up the properties of the network connection and I could see the gateway listed.