---
title: client.socket.nexthop
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/client-connection/client-socket-nexthop
---

**Type:** IP  
**Access:** read-only

**Available in:** recv, deliver, log, error

The IP address of the next hop router used when sending
from edge to the TCP client (e.g., fe80::173:0:2).

In cases where the edge has multiple network connections, this 
gives insight into which one is being used to transmit the response to the
client.