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IPv6 pools

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IPv6 pools

  1. Go to Policy & Objects > IP Pools.
  2. Select Create New.
  3. In the IP Pool Type field choose IPv6 Pool
  4. Enter a name in the Name field for the new service
  5. Include any description you would like in the Comments field
  6. For the External IP Range fields, enter the lowest and highest addresses in the range.
IPv6 example for GUI

In this example, there is a similar situation to the One-to-one example earlier.There is a mail server that needs to be resolved to a specific IP address in Reverse DNS look-ups. The difference in this case is the company is an early adopter of IPv6 connectivity to the Internet.

Field Value
IP Pool Type IPv6 Pool
Name Mail-svr-ipv6
Comments Registered IPv6 address for mail server
External IP Range fd2f:50ec:cdea:0663::1025 - fd2f:50ec:cdea:0663::1025
Port block allocation example for CLI

config firewall ippool6

edit Mail-svr-ipv6

set comments "Registered IPv6 address for mail server"

set startip fd2f:50ec:cdea:663::102

set endip fd2f:50ec:cdea:663::1025

end

IPv6 pools

  1. Go to Policy & Objects > IP Pools.
  2. Select Create New.
  3. In the IP Pool Type field choose IPv6 Pool
  4. Enter a name in the Name field for the new service
  5. Include any description you would like in the Comments field
  6. For the External IP Range fields, enter the lowest and highest addresses in the range.
IPv6 example for GUI

In this example, there is a similar situation to the One-to-one example earlier.There is a mail server that needs to be resolved to a specific IP address in Reverse DNS look-ups. The difference in this case is the company is an early adopter of IPv6 connectivity to the Internet.

Field Value
IP Pool Type IPv6 Pool
Name Mail-svr-ipv6
Comments Registered IPv6 address for mail server
External IP Range fd2f:50ec:cdea:0663::1025 - fd2f:50ec:cdea:0663::1025
Port block allocation example for CLI

config firewall ippool6

edit Mail-svr-ipv6

set comments "Registered IPv6 address for mail server"

set startip fd2f:50ec:cdea:663::102

set endip fd2f:50ec:cdea:663::1025

end