Chapter 6 LAN Setup
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6.5 Technical Reference
The following section contains additional technical information about the P-
2812HNU-51c features described in this chapter.
Router
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Setup
Router advertisement is a response to a router solicitation or a
periodical multicast advertisement from a router to advertise its
presence and other parameters, such as IPv6 prefix and DNS
information.
Router solicitation is a request from a host to locate a router that can
act as the default router and forward packets.
Send Router
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Select this option to have the P-2812HNU-51c send router
advertisement messages to the LAN hosts.
Note: The LAN hosts neither generate global IPv6 addresses nor
communicate with other networks if you disable this feature.
DHCPv6 Setup
Enable DHCPv6
Server
Select this option to have the P-2812HNU-51c act as a DHCP server to
assign and pass IPv6 network addresses, prefixes and DNS server
information to its DHCP clients.
MLD Setup Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) allows an IPv6 switch or router to
discover the presence of MLD hosts who wish to receive multicast
packets and the IP addresses of multicast groups the hosts want to
join on its network.
Enable MLD
Snooping
Select this option to activate MLD snooping on the P-2812HNU-51c.
This allows the P-2812HNU-51c to check MLD packets passing through
it and learn the multicast group membership. It helps reduce multicast
traffic.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the P-2812HNU-51c.
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