Enable Dead Gateway Detection (Windows NT/2000/XP)

This setting specifies whether Windows should automatically detect and use an alternate gateway in the event of transmiting a segment several times without receiving a response.

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Open your registry and find or create the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "EnableDeadGWDetect" and set it according to the value data below.

Exit your registry; you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		EnableDeadGWDetect	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)

	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\P...

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.