NextHopAddress

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista

NextHopAddress specifies the IP address of the next hop in the Route.

NextHopAddress can also be used to specify the default gateway in network configuration.

The settings under Route must be added in the following order: Identifier, Metric, NextHopAddress, and then Prefix. After saving your Unattend file in Windows SIM, verify in the XML file that the output is shown in the correct order, as shown in the XML example below.

Values

This string type does not support empty elements. Do not create an empty value for this setting.

Valid Configuration Passes

specialize

windowsPE

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP | Interfaces | Interface | Routes | Route | NextHopAddress

Applies To

For a list of the Windows® editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to configure TCPIP.

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="https://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <Interfaces>
   <!-- Add static IP address (192.168.0.1/24, ffff:1::3/48) & route (12.34.0.0/16) to interface with identifier "Ethernet 1" -->      <Interface wcm:action="add">
         <Ipv4Settings>
            <DhcpEnabled>true</DhcpEnabled> 
            <Metric>20</Metric> 
            <RouterDiscoveryEnabled>false</RouterDiscoveryEnabled> 
         </Ipv4Settings>
         <Ipv6Settings>
            <DhcpEnabled>false</DhcpEnabled> 
            <Metric>30</Metric> 
            <RouterDiscoveryEnabled>true</RouterDiscoveryEnabled> 
         </Ipv6Settings>
      <Identifier>Ethernet 1</Identifier>
         <UnicastIpAddresses>
           <IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">192.168.0.1/24</IpAddress>
           <IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="2">ffff:1::3/48</IpAddress>
         </UnicastIpAddresses>
         <Routes>
            <Route wcm:action="add">
               <Identifier>1</Identifier> 
               <Metric>10</Metric> 
               <NextHopAddress>12.34.0.0</NextHopAddress> 
               <Prefix>16</Prefix> 
            </Route>
            <Route wcm:action="add">
               <Identifier>10</Identifier> 
               <Metric>29</Metric> 
               <NextHopAddress>12.34.56.0</NextHopAddress> 
               <Prefix>24</Prefix> 
            </Route>
         </Routes>
      </Interface>
      <Interface wcm:action="add">
         <Ipv4Settings>
            <DhcpEnabled>true</DhcpEnabled> 
            <Metric>20</Metric> 
            <RouterDiscoveryEnabled>false</RouterDiscoveryEnabled> 
         </Ipv4Settings>
         <Ipv6Settings>
            <DhcpEnabled>false</DhcpEnabled> 
            <Metric>10</Metric> 
            <RouterDiscoveryEnabled>true</RouterDiscoveryEnabled> 
         </Ipv6Settings>
         <Identifier>Local Area Connection</Identifier> 
         <UnicastIpAddresses>
            <IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">123.45.67.8</IpAddress> 
            </UnicastIpAddresses>
         <Routes>
            <Route wcm:action="add">
               <Identifier>1</Identifier> 
               <Metric>10</Metric> 
               <NextHopAddress>12.34.0.0</NextHopAddress> 
               <Prefix>16</Prefix> 
            </Route>
         </Routes>
      </Interface>
   </Interfaces>
</component>
<Interfaces>
   <Interface wcm:action="add">
      <Ipv4Settings>
         <DhcpEnabled>true</DhcpEnabled> 
         <Metric>20</Metric> 
         <RouterDiscoveryEnabled>false</RouterDiscoveryEnabled> 
      </Ipv4Settings>
      <Ipv6Settings>
         <DhcpEnabled>false</DhcpEnabled> 
         <Metric>30</Metric> 
         <RouterDiscoveryEnabled>true</RouterDiscoveryEnabled> 
      </Ipv6Settings>
      <Identifier>123</Identifier>
      <UnicastIpAddresses>
        <IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">192.168.0.1/24</IpAddress>
        <IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="2">ffff:1::3/48</IpAddress>
      </UnicastIpAddresses>
      <Routes>
         <Route wcm:action="add">
            <Identifier>1</Identifier> 
            <Metric>10</Metric> 
            <NextHopAddress>12.34.0.0</NextHopAddress> 
            <Prefix>16</Prefix> 
         </Route>
         <Route wcm:action="add">
            <Identifier>10</Identifier> 
            <Metric>29</Metric> 
            <NextHopAddress>12.34.56.0</NextHopAddress> 
            <Prefix>24</Prefix> 
         </Route>
      </Routes>
   </Interface>
   <Interface wcm:action="add">
      <Ipv4Settings>
         <DhcpEnabled>true</DhcpEnabled> 
         <Metric>20</Metric> 
         <RouterDiscoveryEnabled>false</RouterDiscoveryEnabled> 
      </Ipv4Settings>
      <Ipv6Settings>
         <DhcpEnabled>false</DhcpEnabled> 
         <Metric>10</Metric> 
         <RouterDiscoveryEnabled>true</RouterDiscoveryEnabled> 
      </Ipv6Settings>
      <Identifier>456</Identifier> 
      <UnicastIpAddresses>
         <IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">123.45.67.8</IpAddress> 
         </UnicastIpAddresses>
      <Routes>
         <Route wcm:action="add">
            <Identifier>1</Identifier> 
            <Metric>10</Metric> 
            <NextHopAddress>12.34.0.0</NextHopAddress> 
            <Prefix>16</Prefix> 
         </Route>
      </Routes>
   </Interface>
</Interfaces>

See Also

Concepts

Route