SCALANCE W780/W740 to IEEE 802.11n Web Based Management 
Configuration Manual, 08/2018, C79000-G8976-C267-13 
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IPv4 / IPv6 
What are the essential differences? 
 
IP configuration 
•  DHCP server 
•  Manual 
 
 
•  Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC): Stateless 
autoconfiguration using NDP (Neighbor Discovery Proto-
col) 
–  Creates a link local address for every interface that 
does not require a router on the link. 
–  Checks the uniqueness of the address on the link that 
requires no router on the link. 
–  Specifies whether the global addresses are obtained 
via a status-free mechanism, a mechanism with status 
or via both mechanisms. (Requires a router on the 
link.) 
•  Manual 
•  DHCPv6 (status dependent) 
Available IP addresses  32-bit: 4, 29 * 10
9
 ad-
128-bit: 3, 4 * 10
38
 addresses  
Address format  Decimal: 192.168.1.1 
with port: 192.168.1.1:20 
Hexadecimal: 2a00:ad80::0123 
with port: [2a00:ad80::0123]:20 
IP addresses of the interface  4 IP addresses  Multiple IP addresses 
•  LLA: A link local address (formed automatically) 
fe80::/128 per interface 
•  ULA: Several unique local unicast addresses per inter-
face 
•  GUA: Several global unicast addresses per interface 
Header 
•  Checksum 
•  Variable length 
•  Fragmentation in the 
header 
•  No security 
•  Checking at a higher layer 
•  Fixed size 
•  Fragmentation in the extension header 
Only endpoint of the communication 
Quality of service  Type of Service (ToS) for 
The prioritization is specified in the header field "Traffic 
Types of frame  Broadcast, multicast, 
Multicast, unicast, anycast