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The following list shows the IPv6 interface attributes that you can configure:
- Specify whether an interface forwards packets whose destination
address is not assigned to the interface.
- Specify whether an interface is advertising, in which case it
sends router advertisements.
- Specify whether an interface sends router solicitations and
receives router advertisements, or whether it receives router
solicitations and sends router advertisements.
- Set the MTU for the interface. The new MTU must be less than or
equal to the link's maximum (true) MTU (as specified by the
ipv6 ifcommand), and greater than or equal to the minimum
IPv6 MTU (1280 bytes).
- Change the site-identifier for an interface. Site identifiers
are used in the sin6_scope_id field for site-local addresses.
To configure interface attributes, perform the following steps:
- At a command prompt, type
ipv6 ifc IfIndex {[forwards] | [-forwards]} {[advertises] |
[-advertises]} [mtu #Bytes] [site SiteIdentifier], where:
IfIndexspecifies the interface name.
{[forwards] | [-forwards]}specifies whether packets arriving on this interface can be forwarded to other interfaces. The default is -forwards.
{[advertises] | [-advertises]}specifies whether Router Advertisements are sent on this interface. The default is -advertises.
[mtu #Bytes]specifies the maximum transmission unit (MTU) of this interface. If mtu is not specified, the default MTU of the link is used.
[site SiteIdentifier]specifies the site scope zone identifier. The site identifier is used to distinguish among interfaces belonging to different administrative regions that use site-local addressing. - Press ENTER.