Fields in the menu Server preference
Field Description
Server preference
The DHCPv6 advertisements sent by the DHCPv6 server to the
clients may contain the DHCPv6 option 7 "Preference".
Possible values are .
In a network with multiple DHCPv6 servers this option controls
which server takes the highest priority. If a client receives DH-
CPv6 advertisements with different priorities from different serv-
ers, it will usually accept the parameters from the highest prior-
ity server. The client can, however, also accept DHCPv6 advert-
isements with a lower priority if the set of parameters in the ad-
vertisement provides more of the options requested by the cli-
ent.
A value of means "not specified" (lowest priority), de-
notes the highest priority.
Fields in the menu Advanced Server Fallback Options
Field Description
DNS Server
Here you can configure the DNS servers that are propagated by
DHCPv6. (DHCPv6 Option 23 "DNS Recursive Name Server").
Per default, the global DNS server of the system are propag-
ated. (Global DNS servers are configured by the field DNS
Propagation in the menu LAN->IP Configuration->Interfaces-
> ->Advanced Settings if IPv6 = "1 .)
You can also manually specify DNS servers and have them
propagated to the clients. To do this disable the option Use RA
or Global Fallback DNS Server and create the desired DNS
server entries using Add.
SNTP Server
Here you can configure the time servers to be propagated by
DHCPv6 (DHCPv6 Option 31 "Simple Network Time Protocol
Server"). Use Add to create the desired time server entries.
17.5.3 Stateful Clients
Here you see an entry for each Stateful Client that has contacted the server and has been
assigned an IPv6 address.
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