Setting the hop limit

The device advertises the hop limit in RA messages. All RA message receivers use the advertised value to fill in the Hop Limit field for IPv6 packets to be sent. To disable the device from advertising the hop limit, use the ipv6 nd ra hop-limit unspecified command.

To set the hop limit:

Step

Command

Remarks

1. Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2. Set the Hop Limit field in the IP header.

ipv6 hop-limit value

The default setting is 64.