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Table 12 Network Setting > Broadband > Add New WAN Interface/Edit (Routing Mode) (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Service Provider
Enter an IPv6 prefix for tunneling IPv6 traffic to the ISP's border relay router and connecting to the
IPv6 Prefix
native IPv6 Internet.
IPv4 Mask
Enter the subnet mask number (1~32) for the IPv4 network.
Length
Border Relay
When you select Manually Configured, specify the relay server's IPv4 address in this field.
IPv4 Address
DHCPC Options (This is available only when you select IPoE for the encapsulation and IPv4 Only or IPv4 IPv6
DualStack in the IPv4/IPv6 Mode field.)
Request Options Select Option 43 to have the EMG automatically add vendor specific information in the DHCP
packets to request the vendor specific options from the DHCP server.
Select Option 121 to have the EMG push static routes to clients.
Sent Options
option 60
Select this and enter the device identity you want the EMG to add in the DHCP discovery
packets that go to the DHCP server.
Vendor ID
Enter the Vendor Class Identifier, such as the type of the hardware or firmware.
option 61
Select this and enter any string that identifies the device.
IAID
Enter the Identity Association Identifier (IAID) of the device, for example, the WAN connection
index number.
DUID
Enter the hardware type, a time value and the MAC address of the device.
option 125
Select this to have the EMG automatically generate and add vendor specific parameters in the
DHCP discovery packets that go to the DHCP server.
IPv6 Address (This is available only when you select IPv4 IPv6 DualStack or IPv6 Only in the IPv4/IPv6 Mode field.)
Obtain an IPv6
Select Obtain an IPv6 Address Automatically if you want to have the EMG use the IPv6 prefix
Address
from the connected router's Router Advertisement (RA) to generate an IPv6 address.
Automatically
Static IPv6
Select Static IPv6 Address if you have a fixed IPv6 address assigned by your ISP. When you select
Address
this, the following fields appear.
IPv6 Address
Enter an IPv6 IP address that your ISP gave to you for this WAN interface.
Prefix Length
Enter the address prefix length to specify how many most significant bits in an IPv6 address
compose the network address.
IPv6 Default
Enter the IP address of the next-hop gateway. The gateway is a router or switch on the same
Gateway
segment as your EMG's interface(s). The gateway helps forward packets to their destinations.
IPv6 Routing Feature (This is available only when you select IPv4 IPv6 DualStack or IPv6 Only in the IPv4/IPv6 Mode
field. You can enable IPv6 routing features in the following section.)
MLD Proxy
Select this checkbox to have the EMG act as an MLD proxy on this connection. This allows the
Enable
EMG to get subscription information and maintain a joined member list for each multicast group.
It can reduce multicast traffic significantly.
Apply as Default
Select this option to have the EMG use the WAN interface of this connection as the system
Gateway
default gateway.
IPv6 DNS Server
This is available only when you select IPv4 IPv6 DualStack or IPv6 Only in the IPv4/IPv6 Mode field. Configure the
IPv6 DNS server in the following section.
Obtain IPv6 DNS
Select Obtain IPv6 DNS Info Automatically to have the EMG get the IPv6 DNS server addresses
Info
from the ISP automatically.
Automatically
Use Following
Select Use Following Static IPv6 DNS Address to have the EMG use the IPv6 DNS server addresses
Static IPv6 DNS
you configure manually.
Address
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