Limiting the number of hops an IPv6 packet can traverse

You can change the maximum number of hops an IPv6 packet can traverse from the default of 64.

In global configuration mode, you can configure the maximum number of hops for an IPv6 packet to a value between 1 and 255 hops.

  1. Enter global configuration mode. 
    device# configure terminal
  2. Configure the maximum number of hops for an IPv6 packet. 
    device(config)# ipv6 hop-limit 70
    Use the no form or use the value of 0 to reset to the default value.
Parent topic: IPv6 Addressing