As with DHCP configuration on IPv4 networks, DHCP configuration on an IPv6 network (DHCPv6) has many options. The DHCPv6 configuration page combines DHCPv6 and router advertisement configuration. This section will focus on options that are only available with DHCPv6 rather than options that are present in both DHCP and DHCPv6.
To configure DHCPv6, navigate to Services | DHCPv6/RA. Under DHCPv6 Options, there are several useful settings. The purpose of the Prefix Delegation Range option, as the name implies, is to delegate to clients the ability to act as DHCPv6 servers. This is done by assigning portions of the subnet to them. To illustrate this, consider one of the common IPv6 prefix examples: fd12:3456:78:9a:: ...
