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
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 |
Type | generate an IPv6 address. |
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Delegated from | Select this option to automatically obtain an IPv6 network prefix from |
WAN | the service provider or an uplink router. |
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WAN | Select a WAN interface through which you want to get an IPv6 network |
Interface | prefix. |
selected |
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| You should already have configured a WAN service with IPv6 enabled. |
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Static | Select this option to configure a fixed IPv6 network prefix for the P- |
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Site Prefix | Enter the IPv6 prefix that the |
| IPv6 address. |
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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. |
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