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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 30
Network Setting > Home Networking > IPv6 LAN Setup
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
IPv6 LAN Setup
Link Local Address
Type
Select
Manual
to manually enter a link local address. Select
EUI64
to use the EUI-64
format to generate a link local address from the Ethernet MAC address.
IPv6 Address
If you selected
Manual
in the
Link Local Address Type
field, enter the LAN IPv6
address you want to assign to your Device in hexadecimal notation, for example,
fe80::1 (factory default).
Prefix
Enter the address prefix to specify how many most significant bits in an IPv6 address
compose the network address.
MLD Snooping
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) allows an IPv6 switch or router to discover the
presence of MLD hosts who wish to receive multicast packets and the IP addresses of
multicast groups the hosts want to join on its network. Select
Enabled
to activate
MLD Snooping on the Device. This allows the Device to check MLD packets passing
through it and learn the multicast group membership. It helps reduce multicast
traffic.
Lan Global Identifier
Type
Select
Manual
to manually enter a LAN Identifier as the interface ID to identify the
LAN interface. The LAN Identifier is appended to the IPv6 address prefix to create the
routable global IPv6 address. Select
EUI64
to use the EUI-64 format to generate an
interface ID from the Ethernet MAC address.
Lan Identifier
If you selected
Manual
, enter the LAN Identifier in this field. The LAN identifier
should be unique and 64 bits in hexadecimal form. Every 16 bit block should be
separated by a colon as in XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX where X is a hexadecimal character.
Blocks of zeros can be represented with double colons as in XXXX:XXXX::XXXX.
IPv6 ULA Address
Type
A unique local address (ULA) is a unique IPv6 address for use in private networks but
not routable in the global IPv6 Internet.
Select
Auto Generate
to have the Device automatically generate a globally unique
address for the LAN IPv6 address. Select
Manual
to enter a static IPv6 ULA address.
The address format is like fdxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::/64.
IPv6 ULA Address
If Manual is selected in the
IPv6 ULA Address Type
field, enter the IPv6 address
prefix that the Device uses for the LAN IPv6 address.
LAN IPv6 Address Setting
Delegate prefix
from WAN
Select this option to automatically obtain an IPv6 network prefix from the service
provider or an uplink router.
Static
Select this option to configure a fixed IPv6 address for the Device’s LAN IPv6 address.
Static IPv6 Address
Prefix
If you select static IPv6 address, enter the IPv6 address prefix that the Device uses for
the LAN IPv6 address.
