Chapter 14
| IP Configuration
Setting the Switch’s IP Address (IP Version 6)
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Web Interface
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 287: Configuring the IPv6 Default Gateway
Configuring IPv6
Interface Settings
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.
Command Usage
◆ 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 440).
◆ 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 reachability information about
the paths to active neighbors. The key parameters used to facilitate this process
are the number of attempts made to verify whether or not a duplicate address
exists on the same network segment, and the interval between neighbor
solicitations used to verify reachability information.
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