IPv6 Addressing Configuration

View IPv6 Gateway, Route, and Router Neighbors

MTU: This is the Maximum Transmission Unit (in bytes) allowed for frames on the path to the indicated router.

Hop Limit: The maximum number of router hops allowed.

Prefix Advertised: Lists the prefix and prefix size (number of leftmost bits in an address) originating with the indicated router.

Valid Lifetime: The total time the address is available, including the preferred lifetime and the additional time (if any) allowed for the address to exist in the deprecated state. Refer to “Address Lifetimes” on page 4-32.

Preferred Lifetime: The length of time during which the address can be used freely as both a source and a destination address for traffic exchanges with other devices. Refer to “Address Lifetimes” on page 4-32.

On/Off Link: Indicates whether the entry source is on the same

VLAN as is indicated in the Interface field.

For example, figure 4-5indicates that the switch is receiving router advertise­ ments from a single router that exists on VLAN 10.

ProCurve(config)# show ipv6 routers

IPv6 Router Table Entries

Router Address

: fe80::213:c4ff:fedd:14b0

Preference

: Medium

Interface

: VLAN10

MTU

:

1500

Hop Limit

:

64

Prefix Advertised

Valid

Preferred

On/Off

Lifetime(s)

Lifetime(s)

Link

2001:db8:a03:e102::/64-------------------------------------------

------------

------------

-------

864000

604800

Onlink

Figure 4-5. Example of Show IPv6 Routers Output

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