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3.2. IPv6 Support
All the IP addresses discussed so far are of the IPv4 type. The IP address standard IPv6 is designed
as a successor to IPv4 with the principal advantage of providing a much larger 128 bit address
space. Among many other advantages, the large number of available global IPv6 addresses
means that NAT is no longer required to share a limited number of public IPv4 addresses.
IPv6 is supported by cOS Core from version 9.30.00 onwards. This section discusses how IPv6
objects are created, how usage is enabled, how stateless auto-configuration by clients is enabled
and how to create IP rules and routes that use IPv6 address objects.
cOS Core Configuration Objects Supporting IPv6
The following parts of cOS Core provide IPv6 support:
• The address book.
• Routing tables.
• Routing rules.
• IP rules (excluding some actions).
Adding an IPv6 Address
IPv6 address objects are created in the cOS Core address book as objects which are distinct from
IPv4 objects.
Only the all-nets6 object (IPv6 address ::/0) already exists in the address book. This means that the
IPv6 address and network objects associated with an interface must first be created.
Example 3.6. Adding IPv6 Host Addresses
Assume that an IPv6 address and network have to be associated with the wan interface. This
example adds two new IPv6 address objects to the address book consisting of the network
wan_net6 (the IPv6 prefix 2001:DB8::/32) and the single IP address wan_ip6 (2001:DB8::1) within
that network.
Command-Line Interface
Device:/> add Address IP6Address wan_net6 Address=2001:DB8::/32
Device:/> add Address IP6Address wan_ip6 Address=2001:DB8::1
InControl
Follow the same steps used for the Web Interface below.
Web Interface
Add the network address (the IPv6 prefix):
1. Go to: Objects > Address Book > Add > IP6 Address
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