diff --git a/instructions.ps1 b/instructions.ps1
index f88c50966a4c..f5c3f5d1b525 100644
--- a/instructions.ps1
+++ b/instructions.ps1
@@ -7,12 +7,17 @@ nameserver 8.8.8.8
 """ > /etc/resolv.conf
 
 #add paths, #note k3s is where my host-local files are
-$env:KUBECONFIG="C:\tmp\k3s\server\cred\admin.kubeconfig"
+# $env:KUBECONFIG="C:\tmp\k3s\server\cred\admin.kubeconfig"
+$env:KUBECONFIG="C:\Users\Administrator\.kube\k3s.yaml"
 $env:Path +=";C:\Users\Administrator\go\src\github.com\rancher\k3s"
 $env:Path +=";C:\tmp"
 
 #optional resolve-conf --resolv-conf C:\etc\resolv.conf 
 
+$hostNetwork = get-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias "vEthernet (Ethernet)"| ?{$_.AddressFamily -eq "IPv4"}
+$env:hostIp = $hostNetwork.IpAddress
+$env:hostCidr = "{0}/{1}" -f $hostNetwork.IpAddress, $hostNetwork.PrefixLength
+
 #for host-gw
 #eventually need to get rid of KUBE_NETWORK
 $env:KUBE_NETWORK="cbr0"
@@ -54,4 +59,5 @@ ipmo C:\etc\rancher\node\hns.psm1
 Get-HNSEndpoint | Remove-HNSEndpoint
 Get-HNSNetwork | ? Name -Like "cbr0" | Remove-HNSNetwork
 Get-HNSNetwork | ? Name -Like "vxlan0" | Remove-HNSNetwork
+# Get-HnsNetwork |?{$_.name -eq "External"} |Remove-HnsNetwork
 Get-HnsPolicyList | Remove-HnsPolicyList
diff --git a/pkg/agent/flannel/hns_windows.go b/pkg/agent/flannel/hns_windows.go
index 3bb3c6091b29..88dac57dbc97 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/flannel/hns_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/flannel/hns_windows.go
@@ -607,11 +607,6 @@ func resetHnsNetwork(scriptDirectory string) {
 	_ = run("ipmo  " + hnsLocation + `; Reset-HNSNetwork`)
 }
 
-func resetHnsNetwork(scriptDirectory string) {
-	hnsLocation := saveHnsScript(scriptDirectory)
-	_ = run("ipmo  " + hnsLocation + `; Reset-HNSNetwork`)
-}
-
 func run(command string) string {
 	logrus.Info(command)
 	cmd := exec.Command("powershell", "-Command", command)
diff --git a/pkg/agent/flannel/setup_windows.go b/pkg/agent/flannel/setup_windows.go
index 921af3314010..e5bf5de19dae 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/flannel/setup_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/flannel/setup_windows.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package flannel
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -171,10 +172,33 @@ func createCNIConf(nodeConfig *config.Node) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Cannot configure unknown flannel backend '%s'", nodeConfig.FlannelBackend)
 	}
 	confJSON := strings.Replace(cniConf, "%CLUSTERCIDR%", nodeConfig.AgentConfig.ClusterCIDR.String(), -1)
+
+	// ideally I should not be lazy and query hostCidr & ip
+	// flannelIface := "Ethernet"
+	// if nodeConfig.FlannelIface != nil {
+	// 	if nodeConfig.FlannelIface.Name != "" {
+	// 		flannelIface = nodeConfig.FlannelIface.Name
+	// 	}
+	// }
+	// hostCidr := getHostCidr(nodeConfig.AgentConfig.NodeConfigPath, flannelIface)
+	// hostIp := getHostIp(nodeConfig.AgentConfig.NodeConfigPath, flannelIface)
+
+	// lets default them to some random computer, and load them with environment variables
+	hostCidr := "10.231.120.177/24"
+	if os.Getenv("hostCidr") != "" {
+		hostCidr = os.Getenv("hostCidr")
+	}
+
+	hostIp := "10.231.120.177"
+	if os.Getenv("hostIp") != "" {
+		hostIp = os.Getenv("hostIp")
+	}
+	// ideally I should write this function, lets be lazy ...
+
 	// TODO: figure out how to fetch service cidr
 	confJSON = strings.Replace(confJSON, "%SERVICECIDR%", "10.43.0.0/16", -1)
-	confJSON = strings.Replace(confJSON, "%HOSTCIDR%", "10.231.120.177/24", -1)
-	confJSON = strings.Replace(confJSON, "%HOSTIPCIDR%", "10.231.120.177/32", -1)
+	confJSON = strings.Replace(confJSON, "%HOSTCIDR%", hostCidr, -1)
+	confJSON = strings.Replace(confJSON, "%HOSTIPCIDR%", hostIp+"/32", -1)
 
 	return util.WriteFile(p, confJSON)
 }