Configuring ipv6 interface settings, Figure 251: configuring the ipv6 default gateway – Microsens MS453490M Management Guide User Manual

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

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An IPv6 default gateway must be defined if the management station

is located in a different IPv6 segment.

An IPv6 default gateway can only be successfully set when a

network interface that directly connects to the gateway has been

configured on the switch.

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To configure an IPv6 default gateway for the switch:

1.

Click IP, IPv6 Configuration.

2.

Select Configure Global from the Action list.

3.

Enter the IPv6 default gateway.

4.

Click Apply.

Figure 251: Configuring the IPv6 Default Gateway

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Use the IP > IPv6 Configuration (Configure Interface) page to configure

general IPv6 settings for the selected VLAN, including auto-configuration of

a global unicast interface address, explicit configuration of a link local

interface address, the MTU size, and neighbor discovery protocol settings

for duplicate address detection and the neighbor solicitation interval.

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"IPv6 Interface" on page 925

"DHCP Client" on page 911

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The switch must always be configured with a link-local address. The

switch’s address auto-configuration function will automatically create a

link-local address, as well as an IPv6 global address if router

advertisements are detected on the local interface.

The option to explicitly enable IPv6 will also create a link-local address,

but will not generate a global IPv6 address if auto-configuration is not

enabled. In this case, you must manually configure an address (see

"Configuring an IPv6 Address" on page 419

).

IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol supersedes IPv4 Address Resolution

Protocol in IPv6 networks. IPv6 nodes on the same network segment

use Neighbor Discovery to discover each other's presence, to determine

each other's link-layer addresses, to find routers and to maintain

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