Specify the type of IPv6 address.
- SNMP ID:
- 2.70.4.1.3
- Console path:
- Setup > IPv6 > Network > Addresses
- Possible values:
- Unicast
- With the Unicast address type, you use the field 2.70.4.1.2 IPv6-Address-Prefixlength to specify a full IPv6 address along with its interface identifier, e.g. "2001:db8::1234/64".
- Anycast
- With the Anycast address type, you can also use the field 2.70.4.1.2 IPv6-Address-Prefixlength to specify a full IPv6 address along with its interface identifier, e.g. "2001:db8::1234/64". Internally, the device handles this address as an anycast address.
- EUI-64
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The IPv6 address is formed according to the IEEE standard "EUI-64". The MAC address of the interface thus forms a uniquely identifiable part of the IPv6 address. The correct input format for an IPv6 address including the prefix length as per EUI-64 would be: "2001:db8:1::/64".
Important: EUI-64 ignores any value set as "interface identifier" in the corresponding IPv6 address and replaces it with an "interface identifier" as per EUI-64.Important: The prefix length for EUI-64 must be "/64".
- Delegated-Auto-Configuration
- The IPv6 address is formed from the router advertisement prefix received on the selected interface (field 2.70.4.1.1 Interface name) and the host identifier from the field 2.70.4.1.2 IPv6-Address-Prefixlength. The field 2.70.4.1.2 IPv6-Address-Prefixlength can be filled out e.g. with the value" ::2/64" in combination with the prefix "2001:db8::/64" on the interface to form the address "2001:db8::2/64".
- Delegated-DHCPv6
- The IPv6 address is formed from the delegated DHCPv6 prefix received on the selected interface (field 2.70.4.1.1 Interface name) and the host identifier from the field 2.70.4.1.2 IPv6-Address-Prefixlength. The field 2.70.4.1.2 IPv6-Address-Prefixlength can be filled out e.g. with the value "::2/64" in combination with the prefix "2001:db8::/56" on the interface to form the address "2001:db8::2/64". Similarly, an address can be formed from any subnet of the delegated prefix, e.g "0:0:0:0001::1" and the prefix "2001:db8::/56" go to form the address "2001:db8:0:0001::1/64".
- Stable-Privacy
- Automatically generated IPv6 addresses on the configured interface are formed according to RFC 7217. The generation no longer relies on the unique MAC address of the device or the interface but, for privacy reasons, uses a combination of random values and the received provider prefix. The generated interface identifier remains stable or identical as long as the received prefix is the same. If the prefix changes, the interface identifier and, therefore, the entire IPv6 address of the device also changes.
- Default:
- Unicast
