# route, the packet will be routed to the pod subnetwork, and not leave the
  # VM.
  $mgmt_net_adapter = Get_MgmtNetAdapter
  New-NetRoute `
      -ErrorAction Ignore `
      -InterfaceAlias ${mgmt_net_adapter}.ifAlias `
      -DestinationPrefix ${env:POD_CIDR} `
      -NextHop "0.0.0.0" `
      -Verbose

  if ($created_hns_network) {
    # There is an HNS bug where the route to the GCE metadata server will be