Prefix

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

The Prefix specifies which destination IP addresses for NextHop uses the specified route.

The prefix length is specified in bits. All bits of the prefix address after the first n bits (where n is the prefix length) must be zero.

Note

For the IPv6 protocol, the prefix length is 64, with one exception. If the first 16 bits of the prefix address are zero, the prefix length can vary between 0 and 128.

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

Prefix

Specifies the prefix for the route. Prefix is a string with a maximum length of 49 characters.

You can enter the prefix in one of the following ways:

• As an integer.

  The value of Prefix is the number of bits that must match in the IP address. For example, if the NextHop IP address is 12.34.0.0 and the Prefix is 16 (commonly written: 12.34.0.0/16), then any traffic sent to a 12.34.*.* address goes through that route (subject to strong host model and routing metrics). 12.34.0.0 is the part of the address to compare against, and 16 is the number of bits that must match.

• As a string.

  When Prefix is set as a string, you do not need to set the NextHopAddress value.

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 | Prefix

Applies To

For the 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 the network route TCP/IP prefix as an integer.

<Prefix>16</Prefix>

The following XML output shows how to configure an IP v4 network prefix as a string.

<Prefix>192.168/16</Prefix>

The following XML output shows how to configure the TCP/IP interfaces, including route prefixes in integer format.

<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>

The following XML output shows how to configure the TCP/IP interfaces, including route prefixes in string format.

<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> 
            <Prefix>12.34/16</Prefix> 
         </Route>
         <Route wcm:action="add">
            <Identifier>10</Identifier> 
            <Metric>29</Metric> 
            <Prefix>12.34.56/24</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> 
            <Prefix>12.34/16</Prefix> 
         </Route>
      </Routes>
   </Interface>
</Interfaces>

See Also

Concepts

Route