D-Link DSR-Series User Manual
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Section 5 - Connect to the Internet
Router Advertisement
Path: Network > IPv6 > IPv6 LAN Settings > Router Advertisement
To configure router advertisement settings:
1. Click
Network
>
IPv6
>
IPv6
LAN Settings
>
Router Advertisement
tab.
2. Complete the fields in the table on the next page and click
Save
.
Field
Description
Status
Toggle to
ON
to enable this feature.
Advertise Mode
Select
Unsolicited Multicast
to send router advertisements (RA’s) to all interfaces in the multicast group.
To restrict RA’s to well-known IPv6 addresses on the LAN, and thereby reduce overall network traffic,
select
Unicast only
.
Advertise Interval
When advertisements are unsolicited multicast packets, this interval sets the maximum time between
advertisements from the interface. The actual duration between advertisements is a random value
between one third of this field and this field. The default is 30 seconds.
Managed
Toggle to
ON
to use the administered/stateful protocol for address auto-configuration. If set to
OFF
, the
host uses administered/stateful protocol for non-address auto configuration.
Other
Toggle to
ON
to use administered/stateful protocol of other (i.e., non-address) information auto configuration.
Router Preference
This parameter (low/medium/high) determines the preference associated with the RADVD process of the
router. This is useful if there are other RADVD-enabled devices on the LAN as it helps avoid conflicts for
IPv6 clients.
MTU
The router advertisement will set this maximum transmission unit (MTU) value for all nodes in the LAN
that are auto-configured by the router. The default is 1500.
Router Lifetime
This value is present in RAs and indicates the usefulness of this router as a default router for the interface.
The default is 3600 seconds. Upon expiration of this value, a new RADVD exchange must take place
between the host and this router.
Save
Click
Save
at the bottom to save and activate your settings.
Router Advertisements are analogous to IPv4 DHCP assignments for LAN clients, in that the router will assign
an IP address and supporting network information to devices that are configured to accept such details. Router
Advertisement is required in an IPv6 network is required for stateless auto configuration of the IPv6 LAN.
By configuring the Router Advertisement Daemon on this router, the router will listen on the LAN for router
solicitations and respond to these LAN hosts with router advisements.
2. Right click on the record to get other options. Click
Edit
to open the Router Advertisement Configuration
page.