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IPv6 Addressing Configuration
View IPv6 Gateway, Route, and Router Neighbors
For example, figure 4-5 indicates that the switch is receiving router advertise-
ments from a single router that exists on VLAN 10.
Figure 4-5. Example of Show IPv6 Routers Output
MTU: This is the Maximum Transmission Unit (in bytes)
allowed for frames on the path to the indicated router.
Hop Limit: The maximum number of router hops allowed.
Prefix Advertised: Lists the prefix and prefix size (number of
leftmost bits in an address) originating with the indicated
router.
Valid Lifetime: The total time the address is available, including
the preferred lifetime and the additional time (if any) allowed
for the address to exist in the deprecated state. Refer to
“Address Lifetimes” on page 4-32.
Preferred Lifetime: The length of time during which the address
can be used freely as both a source and a destination address
for traffic exchanges with other devices. Refer to “Address
Lifetimes” on page 4-32.
On/Off Link: Indicates whether the entry source is on the same
VLAN as is indicated in the Interface field.
ProCurve(config)# show ipv6 routers
IPv6 Router Table Entries
Router Address : fe80::213:c4ff:fedd:14b0
Preference : Medium
Interface : VLAN10
MTU : 1500
Hop Limit : 64
Valid Preferred On/Off
Prefix Advertised Lifetime(s) Lifetime(s) Link
------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ -------
2001:db8:a03:e102::/64 864000 604800 Onlink