Netgear AC1200 Owner's Manual

(Optional) To refresh the information in the UPnP Portmap Table, click the Refresh 
button.

You can use this feature to set up an IPv6 Internet connection type if genie does not detect it 
automatically.

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Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > IPv6.

In the Internet Connection Type list, select the IPv6 connection type. 

Your Internet service provider (ISP) can provide this information.

If your ISP did not provide details, you can select IPv6 Tunnel. 

If you are not sure, select Auto Detect so that the router detects the IPv6 type that is 
in use.

If your Internet connection does not use PPPoE, DHCP, or fixed, but is IPv6, select 

Auto Config.

For more detailed information about Internet connection types, see the following sections.

Click the Apply button.

Your changes take effect.

IPv6 addresses are denoted by eight groups of hexadecimal quartets separated by colons. 

Any four-digit group of zeroes within an IPv6 address can be reduced to a single zero or 

altogether omitted.

The following errors invalidate an IPv6 address:

More than eight groups of hexadecimal quartets

More than four hexadecimal characters in a quartet

More than two colons in a row