Configure the 6to4 Tunnel
Configuration Conditions
Before configuring the 6to4 tunnel, complete the following tasks:
- Configure the IP address of the physical interface, making the neighboring nodes reachable at the network layer.
- Create one tunnel interface, and configure the basic parameters (refer to the configuration manual of the tunnel interface).
- Configure any unicast routing protocol, making the route at the two ends of the tunnel reachable.
Configure the 6to4 Tunnel
Table 11-4 Configure the 6to4 tunnel
Step
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Command
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Description
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Enter the global configuration mode
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configure terminal
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-
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Enter the tunnel configuration mode
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interface tunnel tunnel-number
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-
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Configure the tunnel interface address interface address
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Configure IPv6 global unicast address or anycast address or the local address of the site or auto get address
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ipv6 address { ipv6-address/prefix-length [ anycast | eui-64 ] | autoconfig }
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Mandatory
By default, do not configure the IPv6 address on the tunnel interface.
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Configure the local address of the IPv6 link
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ipv6 address ipv6-address link-local
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Optional
By default, after enabling IPv6 on the interface, automatically generate the local address of the link.
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Configure the tunnel interface mode as 6to4 tunnel
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tunnel mode ipv6ip 6to4
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Mandatory
By default, the tunnel interface mode is GRE over IPv4.
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Configure the source address or interface name of the tunnel interface
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tunnel source { ip-address | interface-name }
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Mandatory
By default, do not configure the source address or interface name on the tunnel interface.
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-
It is not necessary to configure the destination address for the 6to4 tunnel. The destination address used during tunnel encapsulation is automatically got from the imbedded IPv4 address in the 6to4 tunnel IPv6 address.
- If adopting the interface mode when configuring the tunnel source, the source address of the tunnel is the master address of the source interface.
- The two ends of the tunnel should be configured as the same tunnel mode. Otherwise, transmitting via the tunnel fails.
- On one device, you can only configure one 6to4 tunnel.