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jguerra
Staff
Staff
January 2, 2025

Technical Tip: How to review the IPV6 routing table through CLI and GUI

  • January 2, 2025
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Description This article describes how to use the CLI and the GUI to review the IPv6 routing table
Scope FortiGate v7.4
Solution

CLI.

 

To review the IPV6 routing table the below commands can be used:

 

get router info6 routing-table

 

Additionally, the below command can be used to review the static routing for a specific IPV6 address (example):

 

get router info6 routing-table 2001:4860:4860::8888

Routing table for VRF=0
Routing entry for ::/0
Known via "static", distance 40, metric 0, best
Last update 00:05:57 ago
* directly connected, port3

 

GUI.

 

To view the IPv6 routing table and perform route look-ups in the GUI, go to Dashboard -> Network and expand the Routing widget. The IPv6 routing entries can be found at the bottom of this page. 

 

IPV6.PNG

 

Use the 'Route Lookup' button to review the routing for a specific IPv6 address. 

 

Basic Troubleshooting:

 

diagnose debug enable
diagnose ipv6 router rip level info
diagnose ipv6 router rip all enable

 

Related articles:

Technical Tip: IPv6 support

Technical Tip: How to setup the FortiGate to assign IPv6 addresses 

2 replies

MaryBolano
Staff & Editor
Staff & Editor
January 9, 2025

Amazing job @jguerra ! Keep it up!

lpedraza
Staff
Staff
January 13, 2025

Great job @jguerra @MaryBolano Thank you so much for your contribution! Please keep up the good work!