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Find-NetRoute



This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Find-NetRoute', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.

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SYNOPSIS

Finds the best local IP address and the best route to reach a remote address.

SYNTAX


Find-NetRoute [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-InterfaceIndex <UInt32>] [-LocalIPAddress <String>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] -RemoteIPAddress <String>
[<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Find-NetRoute cmdlet finds the best local IP address and the best route to reach a remote address. Specify the remote address to reach. You can also specify an interface
and a local address to use to reach the remote address.


For more information about routing, see Chapter 5 - IP Routing (http://technet.microsoft.com/library/bb727001.aspx) in the TechNet library.



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RELATED LINKS

Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=313144
Get-NetRoute
New-NetRoute
Remove-NetRoute
Set-NetRoute

REMARKS

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Examples


Example 1: Find a local address and route

PS C:\>Find-NetRoute -RemoteIPAddress "10.79.197.200"
IPAddress : 172.31.234.140
InterfaceIndex : 3
InterfaceAlias : Ethernet
AddressFamily : IPv4
Type : Unicast
PrefixLength : 21
PrefixOrigin : Dhcp
SuffixOrigin : Dhcp
AddressState : Preferred
ValidLifetime : 6.00:10:40
PreferredLifetime : 6.00:10:40
SkipAsSource : False
PolicyStore : ActiveStore


Caption :
Description :
ElementName :
InstanceID : :8:8:8:9:55=55;A<8=;8<=<8;55;
AdminDistance :
DestinationAddress :
IsStatic :
RouteMetric : 0
TypeOfRoute : 3
AddressFamily : IPv4
DestinationPrefix : 0.0.0.0/0
InterfaceAlias : Ethernet
InterfaceIndex : 3
NextHop : 172.31.232.1
PreferredLifetime : 8.00:00:00
Protocol : NetMgmt
Publish : No
Store : ActiveStore
ValidLifetime : 8.00:00:00
PSComputerName :
ifIndex : 3



This command finds a NetIPAddress object and NetRoute object to use to access the IP address 10.79.197.200. The command returns two objects. The first object is the local IP
address. The second object is the local route that includes the selected connectivity path and next hop.