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Configuring IRDP ························································································ 204 
Overview ························································································································································ 204 
IRDP operation ······································································································································· 204 
Basic concepts ······································································································································· 204 
Protocols and standards ························································································································ 205 
Configuration procedure ································································································································ 205 
IRDP configuration example ·························································································································· 206 
Network requirements ···························································································································· 206 
Configuration procedure ························································································································· 206 
Verifying the configuration ······················································································································ 207 
Optimizing IP performance ········································································· 208 
Command and hardware compatibility ··········································································································· 208 
Enabling an interface to receive and forward directed broadcasts destined for the directly connected network
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Configuration procedure ························································································································· 208 
Configuration example ··························································································································· 209 
Setting MTU for an interface ·························································································································· 210 
Setting TCP MSS for an interface ·················································································································· 210 
Configuring TCP path MTU discovery ··········································································································· 210 
Enabling TCP SYN Cookie ···························································································································· 211 
Setting the TCP buffer size ···························································································································· 212 
Setting TCP timers ········································································································································· 212 
Enabling sending ICMP error messages ······································································································· 212 
Configuring rate limit for ICMP error messages ····························································································· 214 
Specifying the source address for ICMP packets ·························································································· 214 
Enabling IPv4 local fragment reassembly ······································································································ 215 
Displaying and maintaining IP performance optimization ·············································································· 215 
Configuring UDP helper ·············································································· 218 
Overview ························································································································································ 218 
Configuration restrictions and guidelines ······································································································· 218 
Configuring UDP helper to convert broadcast to unicast ··············································································· 218 
Configuring UDP helper to convert broadcast to multicast ············································································ 219 
Configuring UDP helper to convert multicast to broadcast or unicast ···························································· 220 
Displaying and maintaining UDP helper ········································································································ 220 
UDP helper configuration examples ·············································································································· 221 
Configuring UDP helper to convert broadcast to unicast ······································································· 221 
Configuring UDP helper to convert broadcast to multicast ···································································· 221 
Configuring UDP helper to convert multicast to broadcast ···································································· 223 
Configuring basic IPv6 settings ··································································· 224 
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IPv6 features ·········································································································································· 224 
IPv6 addresses ······································································································································ 225 
IPv6 ND protocol ···································································································································· 227 
IPv6 path MTU discovery ······················································································································· 229 
IPv6 transition technologies ··························································································································· 230 
Dual stack ·············································································································································· 230 
Tunneling ··············································································································································· 230 
NAT-PT ·················································································································································· 231 
6PE ························································································································································ 231 
Command and hardware compatibility ··········································································································· 231 
Protocols and standards ································································································································ 231 
IPv6 basics configuration task list ·················································································································· 232 
Assigning IPv6 addresses to interfaces ········································································································· 233 
Configuring an IPv6 global unicast address ··························································································· 233 
Configuring an IPv6 link-local address ··································································································· 235 
Configuring an IPv6 anycast address ···································································································· 236 
Configuring IPv6 ND ······································································································································ 236 
Configuring a static neighbor entry ········································································································ 237