Configuring an ipv6 address – LevelOne GTL-2691 User Manual

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Setting the Switch’s IP Address (IP Version 6)

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This time limit is included in all router advertisements sent out

through an interface, ensuring that nodes on the same link use the

same time value.

Setting the time limit to 0 means that the configured time is

unspecified by this router.

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To general IPv6 settings for the switch:

1.

Click IP, IPv6 Configuration.

2.

Select Configure Interface from the Action list.

3.

Specify the VLAN to configure,

4.

Select Enable IPv6 Explicitly to automatically configure a link-local
address and enable IPv6 on the selected interface. (To manually

configure the link-local address, use the Add IPv6 Address page.) Set

the MTU size, the maximum number of duplicate address detection

messages, the neighbor solicitation message interval, and the amount

of time that a remote IPv6 node is considered reachable.

5.

Click Apply.

Figure 344: Configuring General Settings for an IPv6 Interface

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Use the IP > IPv6 Configuration (Add IPv6 Address) page to configure an

initial IPv6 interface for management access over the network, or for

creating an interface to multiple subnets.

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"IPv6 Interface" on page 1407

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All IPv6 addresses must be formatted according to RFC 2373 “IPv6

Addressing Architecture,” using 8 colon-separated 16-bit hexadecimal

values. One double colon may be used in the address to indicate the

appropriate number of zeros required to fill the undefined fields.

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