Static route and persistent route in server 2008

Add a static route 

by command line

route add 192.168.163.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.163.2

we can see this route by the command

route print

but this route will be temporary as after restart it will be gone

so delete the route by

route delete 192.168.163.0

now add the route as a persistent route

route -p add 192.168.163.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.163.2

or go to server manager,roles,network policy ..,routing and remote..,ipv4,static routes and add a route 

static route works much better than a default gateway,you can make the default gateway blank and use static routing