IPv6 Connection

IPv6 connection settings

IPv6 is a new logical addressing protocol that can be used address the internet. IPv6 can be used in addition to IPv4. Not all service providers support IPv6.

Choose No IPv6 if you do not want to use IPv6 or your service provider does not support IPv6.

Choose Dynamic IPv6 to get an IP address using the DHCP protocol.

Choose PPP IPv6 to get an IP address using the PPP protocol and fill in the requested fields.

  • Username
    		•  The username is entered as a text string
  • Password
    		•  The password is entered as a text string

Further information

There are two different addressing standards, IPv4 which is the legacy standard and by far the still most used standard, and the new IPv6 standard for addressing the public internet. The reason for a new standard for addresses on the public internet is mainly due to that there are simply more devices that are connected to internet than there are addresses available. Most services on the Internet are only available using IPv4 but IPv6 is slowly gaining ground. Fortunately IPv4 and IPv6 can coexist and be used in parallel. Also many service providers today does not offer support for IPv6, only IPv4. To summarize, the router must have an IPv4 address and may have an IPv6 address as well. If you are not a technical person IPv6 is not necessary.