CLEAR ROUTE CACHE COMMANDS FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORMS

Route table cache clear commands may be performed using a communications platform that communicates with a web service and/or terminal emulator. The communications platform may implement a command that clears the route tables for an IPv4 network or link. The communications platform may also implement a general command that clears the route tables for all IPv4 and IPv6 networks or links, or any subsets thereof. These commands may give an administrator greater flexibility in managing the impact of network or configuration changes on the behavior of the communications platform. When network changes occur, the administrator may use these commands to invoke re-discovery of network paths, potentially avoiding connection interruptions.