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Chapter 5 LAN 51
Network Connections: My Network Places: Properties: Example
Send RA on Select this to have the Router send RA (Router Advertisement) messages to the LAN
hosts.
Note: The LAN hosts neither generate global IPv6 addresses nor communicat
e with
other networks if you disable this feature.
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interval option on
Select this to have the RA messages the Router sends specify the allowed interval
between RA messages.
Hop
Limit Enter the maximum number of network segments that a packet can cross before
reaching the destination. When forwarding an IPv6 packet, IPv6 routers are required to
decrease the Hop Limit by 1 and to discard the IPv6 packet when the Hop Limit is 0.
Router Lifetime Enter the time in seconds that hosts should consider the Router to be the default
rou
ter.
Router Preference Select the router preference for the Router. The Router sends this preference in the
router advertisements to tell hosts what preference they should use for the Router.
This helps hosts to choose their default router especially when there are multiple IPv6
routers in the network.
Note: Make sure the hosts also support router prefer
ence to make this function work.
Reachable Time
(ms)
Enter the time in mil
liseconds that can elapse before a neighbor is detected.
Retrans Time (ms) Enter the time in milliseconds between neighbor solicitation packet retransmissions.
Max RA Interval Enter the maximum time between RA messages.
Min RA Interval Enter the minimum time between RA messages.
Delegate MTU
fr
om WAN
Select this to have the Router obtain the MTU setting from the service provider or
uplink router.
Manual Select this to specify the MTU manually.
MTU Enter the MTU value.
DAD Attempts Specify the number of DAD (Duplicate Address Detection) attempts befor
e an IPv6
address is assigned to the Router LAN interface.
Table 23 Network Setting > LAN > IPv6 LAN Setup (continued)
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