Chapter 7 WAN
NBG-418N v2 User’s Guide
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Figure 63 Network > WAN > IPv6 (SLAAC/DHCPv6)
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 38 Network > WAN > IPv6 (SLAAC/DHCPv6)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
IPv6 Connection
Type
Select SLAAC/DHCPv6 when your NBG-418N v2 requests an IPv6 address from the
ISP’s server.
IPv6 DNS Settings
Obtain DNS server
address
automatically
Click the Obtain DNS server address automatically radio button to get a DNS server
address from your ISP’s server.
Use the following
DNS address
Click Use the following DNS address radio button to use a fixed DNS address.
Primary and
Secondary DNS
Address
Enter the first/second IPv6 DNS server address assigned by the ISP.
LAN IPv6 Address Settings
Enable DHCP-PD Click Enable DHCP-PD (DHCP-Prefix delegation) to allow NBG-418N v2 assign prefixes
to DHCP clients. The prefix is the part of the address that indicates the bits that have
fixed values or are the bits of the network identifier. Prefix is written in address/prefix-
length notation.
LAN IPv6 Address If you disable DHCP-PD, enter the IPv6 address for the LAN port in this field.
LAN IPv6 Link-Local
Address
This shows the IPv6 Link-local address in the LAN side. This is used by routers when
communicating with neighboring devices on the same link. It allows IPv6-capable
devices to communicate with each other in the LAN side.i
Address Autoconfiguration Settings
Enable
Autoconfiguration
Click Enable Autoconfiguration if you want the devices on your local area network to
obtain network address that are not managed by a DHCPv6 server.