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Specify IPv6 Internet Connections
You can set up an IPv6 Internet connection if the router does not detect it automatically.
To set up an IPv6 Internet connection:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the router network.
2.
Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in.
The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard displays.
4.
Select Settings > Advanced Settings > IPv6.
The IPv6 page displays.
5.
From the Internet Connection Type menu, select the IPv6 connection type:
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If you are not sure, select Auto Detect so that the router detects the IPv6 type that is in use.
For more information, see
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If your Internet connection does not use PPPoE or DHCP, or is not fixed, but is IPv6, select Auto
Config.
For more information, see
For information about the other IPv6 connection types that the router supports, see the following sections:
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Set Up an IPv6 6to4 Tunnel Internet Connection
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Set Up an IPv6 6rd Internet Connection
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Set Up an IPv6 Pass Through Internet Connection
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Set Up an IPv6 Fixed Internet Connection
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Set Up an IPv6 DHCP Internet Connection
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Set Up an IPv6 PPPoE Internet Connection
6.
Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Requirements for Entering IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 addresses are denoted by eight groups of hexadecimal quartets that are separated by colons. You
can reduce any four-digit group of zeros within an IPv6 address to a single zero or omit it. The following
errors invalidate an IPv6 address:
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More than eight groups of hexadecimal quartets
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More than four hexadecimal characters in a quartet
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More than two colons in a row
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Use Auto Config for an IPv6 Internet Connection
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