diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/ipconfig/ipconfig.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/ipconfig/ipconfig.rb
index 1630893..01bb0ea 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/ipconfig/ipconfig.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/ipconfig/ipconfig.rb
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def defaultgateway= newvalue
 
   def gwcostmetric
     enum_netconn do |netconnectionid|
-      gwcm=netconnectionid.gatewaycostmetric.to_s
+      gwcm=(netconnectionid.gatewaycostmetric).join(',')
       return gwcm
     end
   end
@@ -232,4 +232,4 @@ def destroy
       netconnectionid.enabledhcp()
     end
   end
-end
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+end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/winnetwork.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/winnetwork.rb
index fec5ec7..ba81e0b 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/winnetwork.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/winnetwork.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ def setgateways(adapter,gateways_hash={})
     oMethod = adapter.Methods_("SetGateways")
     oInParam = oMethod.InParameters.SpawnInstance_()
     oInParam.DefaultIPGateway = gateways_hash[:defaultgateway]
-    oInParam.GatewayCostMetric = gateways_hash[:gwcostmetric].to_a
+    gwcms ||= Array.new
+    gwcms << gateways_hash[:gwcostmetric]
+    oInParam.GatewayCostMetric = gwcms
     oOutParam = adapter.ExecMethod_("SetGateways", oInParam)
   end
 
@@ -94,4 +96,4 @@ def settcpipnetbios(adapter,netbios_hash={})
     oInParam.TcpipNetbiosOptions = netbiosflag.to_s
     oOutParam = adapter.ExecMethod_("SetTCPIPNetBIOS", oInParam)
   end
-end
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+end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/ipconfig.rb b/lib/puppet/type/ipconfig.rb
index 66e3c0d..a5ed50f 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/ipconfig.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/ipconfig.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ def valid_v4?(addr)
 
   newproperty(:gwcostmetric) do
     desc 'Gateways cost metric'
-    defaultto 256
   end
 
   newproperty(:dnsdomainsuffixsearchorder, :array_matching => :all) do
@@ -59,4 +58,4 @@ def valid_v4?(addr)
     desc 'DNS Server List'
   end
 
-end
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+end