IP I
NTERFACE
C
OMMANDS
36-10
Example
Related Commands
interface (24-2)
ping ipv6 (36-36)
ipv6 enable
This command enables IPv6 on an interface that has not been configured
with an explicit IPv6 address. Use the no form to disable IPv6 on an
interface that has not been configured with an explicit IPv6 address.
Syntax
[no] ipv6 enable
Default Setting
IPv6 is disabled
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (VLAN)
Command Usage
• This command enables IPv6 on the current VLAN interface and
automatically generates a link-local unicast address. The address prefix
uses FE80, and the host portion of the address is generated by
converting the router’s MAC address to modified EUI-64 format (see
Console#ping 10.1.0.9
Type ESC to abort.
PING to 10.1.0.9, by 5 32-byte payload ICMP packets, timeout is 5
seconds
response time: 10 ms
response time: 10 ms
response time: 10 ms
response time: 10 ms
response time: 0 ms
Ping statistics for 10.1.0.9:
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received (100%), 0 packets lost (0%)
Approximate round trip times:
Minimum = 0 ms, Maximum = 10 ms, Average = 8 ms
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