SUMMARY This article describes how to install and use WinRoute tools.
MORE INFORMATION The WinRoute tool is connected to the link status port (TCP 691) on the server running Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003 and extracts the link status information of the Exchange organization. Although link status information is typically a string global unified identifier (GUID), WinROUTE matches the GUID of the connector and the bridge with the object in Active Directory and displays this information in readable format.
Installing WinROUTE To install WinRoute with Exchange 2000, run the Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Resource Toolbox installer. You can also install the tool using the following procedure:
Insert Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Resource Toolbox CD-ROM and locate / exreskit / Tools / Admin / WinRoute. Copy WinRoute.exe to / Program Files / ExchsrVR / BIN directory on your local disk. The following .DLL files must be exist in the / exchsrvr / bin directory (these files should be installed when installing Exchange 2000):
DSACcess.dll Pttrace.dll Exchmem.dll
Note: WinRoute can also be found in the Exchange 2000 CD-ROM or Exchange 2003 CD-ROM / Support / Utils / i386 directory.
How to use WinRoute
Start WinROUTE.EXE. On the File menu, click New Query. Type the server name and binding option you want to use to connect to Exchange 2000-based servers. In the upper half of the WinRoute window, the link status information of the format is displayed; the format information from the link status port is displayed on the lower half of the window. In the top pane, a scalable object called "General Information" is displayed. This object contains routing engine versions, summary, and organizational information, and contains the extensible objects of each routing group in the organization.
You can use WinRoute to view the routing group and identify the "main version" attribute of the current serial number of the route group. You can also view the status of each connector. If the version number of the specific route group is zero, the link status information from the primary server from the routing group has not been received. In this case, the two servers will synchronize link status information by comparing GUID associated with each routing group.
To save the information displayed by WinRoute, click
File menu
Save as. Save the file with an extension. RTE so that WinRoute can open it remotely.
Troubleshooting If the screen is blank after starting WinRoute, the routing engine service (ResVC) may not start or have not started. If this is this, make sure that ResVc, SMTP services, and MSExchangeMTA services are started. You may also need to send a message to the SMTP engine to verify that the component is running.
For additional information about link status routing in Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003, click the article number below to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
263249 xCON: LINK State Routing in Exchange 2000 Server
