Chapter 6 LAN Setup

6.4 The LAN IPv6 Screen

Click Network > LAN > IPv6 to open the IPv6 screen. See Section 5.7 on page 125 for background information about IPv6. Use this screen to configure the IPv6 settings for your P-2812HNU-51c’s LAN interface.

Figure 57 LAN > IPv6

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 33 LAN > IPv6

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IPv6 Site Prefix

Similar to an IPv4 subnet mask, IPv6 uses an address prefix to

Configuration

represent the network address. The P-2812HNU-51c uses the prefix to

Type

generate an IPv6 address.

 

 

Delegated from

Select this option to automatically obtain an IPv6 network prefix from

WAN

the service provider or an uplink router.

 

 

WAN

Select a WAN interface through which you want to get an IPv6 network

Interface

prefix.

selected

 

 

You should already have configured a WAN service with IPv6 enabled.

 

 

Static

Select this option to configure a fixed IPv6 network prefix for the P-

 

2812HNU-51c’s LAN interface.

 

 

Site Prefix

Enter the IPv6 prefix that the P-2812HNU-51c uses to generate its LAN

 

IPv6 address.

 

 

Site Prefix

An IPv6 prefix length specifies how many most significant bits (start

Length

from the left) in the address compose the network address.

 

This field displays the bit number of the IPv6 subnet mask.

 

 

142

 

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