Displaying the IPv6 Local Router Information

A device can function as an IPv6 host, instead of an IPv6 router, if you configure IPv6 addresses on its interfaces but do not enable IPv6 routing using the ipv6 unicast-routing command.

From the IPv6 host, you can display information about IPv6 routers to which the host is connected. The host learns about the routers through their router advertisement messages. To display information about the IPv6 routers connected to an IPv6 host, use the show ipv6 router command.

  1. To display information about the IPv6 routers connected to an IPv6 host, use the show ipv6 router command. 
    device> show ipv6 router

Router fe80::2e0:80ff:fe46:3431 on Ethernet 50, last update 0 min
Hops 64, Lifetime 1800 sec
Reachable time 0 msec, Retransmit time 0 msec
    Meaningful output for this command is generated for RUCKUS devices configured to function as IPv6 hosts only.
  2. If you configure a device to function as an IPv6 router (you configure IPv6 addresses on its interfaces) and enable IPv6 routing using the ipv6 unicast-routing command the show ipv6 router command displays the following output.
    No IPv6 router in table
Parent topic: IPv6 Addressing