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November 30, 2022

Technical Tip: Manually configure IPv6 hop limit

  • November 30, 2022
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Description This article describes how to manually configure the IPv6 hop limit on the FortiGate interface.
Scope FortiGate IPv6 configuration.
Solution

The IPv6 hop limit can be configured via CLI but first, IPv6 must be enabled on the FortiGate.

 

Go to System -> Feature Visibility -> Core Features and enable IPv6.

 

Once IPv6 is enabled, run the following command on CLI

 

# config system interface

    edit <Interface name>

    config ipv6

        set ip6-hop-limit <enter integer value 0~255. 0 means unspecified>

    end

 

Related article:

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.0.0/cli-reference/417537/system-interface