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5.5. Configuring IPv6 Settings
To configure
IPv6
settings, follow the procedure described in Section 5.4, “Configuring IPv4 Settings” and click the IPv6
menu entry.
- Method
- Ignore — Choose this option if you want to ignore
IPv6
settings for this connection.Automatic — Choose this option to use SLAAC to create an automatic, stateless configuration based on the hardware address and router advertisements (RA).Automatic, addresses only — Choose this option if the network you are connecting to uses router advertisements (RA) to create an automatic, stateless configuration, but you want to assignDNS
servers manually.Automatic, DHCP only — Choose this option to not use RA, but request information fromDHCPv6
directly to create a stateful configuration.Manual — Choose this option if you want to assignIP
addresses manually.Link-Local Only — Choose this option if the network you are connecting to does not have aDHCP
server and you do not want to assignIP
addresses manually. Random addresses will be assigned as per RFC 4862 with prefixFE80::0
. - Addresses
- DNS servers — Enter a comma separated list of
DNS
servers.Search domains — Enter a comma separated list of domain controllers.
If you need to configure static routes, click the Routes button and for more details on configuration options, see Section 4.3, “Configuring Static Routes with GUI”.