D-Link DGS-3426 User Manual - Page 57

IPv6 Interface Settings - Edit, Parameter, Description, Interface Name

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xStack DGS-3400 Series Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch To change the settings for a configured Interface, click the corresponding Modify button, which will display the following window for the user to configure. Figure 6- 8. IPv6 Interface Settings - Edit The following fields may be viewed or modified. Click Apply to set the changes made. Parameter Description Interface Name Link-local Address Global Unicast Address VLAN Name Interface Admin State Hop Limit This field displays the name for the IP interface or it is used to add a new interface or change an existing interface name. The default IP interface is named "System". The Interface field is used for addresses on the link-local network. It is recommended that the user enter the specific interface for a link-local IPv6 address. For Global Ipv6 addresses, this field may be omitted. This field displays the IPv6 address created automatically by the Switch, based on the MAC Address of the Switch. This is a site local address used only for local routing. This field is the unicast address that will be used by the Switch for packets coming from outside the site-local address, or the public IPv6 address, when connected directly to the Internet. This field states the VLAN Name directly associated with this interface. Use the pull-down menu to enable or disable configuration on this interface. This field sets the number of nodes that this Router Advertisement packet will pass before being dropped. This number is set to depreciate by one after every node it reaches and will be dropped once the Hop Limit reaches 0. The user may set the Hop Limit between 1 43

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xStack DGS-3400 Series Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch
To change the settings for a configured Interface, click the corresponding
Modify
button, which will display the following
window for the user to configure.
Figure 6- 8. IPv6 Interface Settings – Edit
The following fields may be viewed or modified. Click
Apply
to set the changes made.
Parameter
Description
Interface Name
This field displays the name for the IP interface or it is used to add a new interface or
change an existing interface name. The default IP interface is named “System”.
The Interface field is used for addresses on the link-local network. It is recommended that
the user enter the specific interface for a link-local IPv6 address. For Global Ipv6
addresses, this field may be omitted.
Link-local Address
This field displays the IPv6 address created automatically by the Switch, based on the
MAC Address of the Switch. This is a site local address used only for local routing.
Global Unicast
Address
This field is the unicast address that will be used by the Switch for packets coming from
outside the site-local address, or the public IPv6 address, when connected directly to the
Internet.
VLAN Name
This field states the VLAN Name directly associated with this interface.
Interface Admin State
Use the pull-down menu to enable or disable configuration on this interface.
Hop Limit
This field sets the number of nodes that this Router Advertisement packet will pass before
being dropped. This number is set to depreciate by one after every node it reaches and
will be dropped once the Hop Limit reaches 0. The user may set the Hop Limit between 1
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