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Ipv6 forwarding – Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Operating System Version 5.4.4C (x310-26FT,x310-26FP,x310-50FT,x310-50FP) User Manual

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IPv6 Commands

Software Reference for x310 Series Switches

C613-50046-01 REV A

AlliedWare Plus

TM

Operating System - Version 5.4.4C

27.7

ipv6 forwarding

Use this command to turn on IPv6 unicast routing for IPv6 packet forwarding. Issue this
command globally on your switch prior to issuing

ipv6 enable

on individual interfaces.

Use this no variant of this command to turn off IPv6 unicast routing for IPv6 packet
forwarding. Note IPv6 unicast routing for IPv6 packet forwarding is disabled by default.

Syntax

ipv6 forwarding

no ipv6 forwarding

Mode

Global Configuration

Default

IPv6 unicast forwarding is disabled by default.

Usage

Enable IPv6 unicast forwarding globally for all interface on your switch with this
command. Use the no variant of this command to disable IPv6 unicast forwarding globally
for all interfaces on your switch.

IPv6 unicast forwarding allows switches to communicate with devices that are more than
one hop away, providing that there is a route to the destination address. If IPv6 forwarding
is not enabled then pings to addresses on devices that are more than one hop away will
fail, even if there is a route to the destination address.

Examples

To enable IPv6 unicast routing, use this command as shown below:

To disable IPv6 unicast routing, use the no variant of this command as shown below:

Related Commands

ipv6 enable

awplus#

configure terminal

awplus(config)#

ipv6 forwarding

awplus#

configure terminal

awplus(config)#

no ipv6 forwarding