Last adaptation to the version: 14.1.0 (08.2025)
- The dialog design has been revised
- Set a extc-Variables with more than 1000 required leases
- 10.2026
- Overview of the DHCP leases now in the network topology
Define IPv6 address on interface

First, an IPv6 address with subnet and the corresponding zones must be entered on the interface on which IPv6 is to be "spoken". This IP determines the range in which the DHCP pool is located:
Configuration at menu / edit Interfaces / Tab IP Addresses
An IP address can be entered directly in the click box, in this example »2001:DB8::1/64.
The DHCPv6 address pool setup is only slightly different from the DHCP setup with IPv4.
Basic knowledge of IPv6 can be found here.
General

In step 1, a unique name for the pool as well as the start and end address must be specified.
The name is freely selectable, the pool start and end addresses are addresses from the previously defined subnet.
Edit pool
Once the pool has been created correctly, it can be edited with .
General |
UTMuser@firewall.name.fqdn Network Network configuration ![]() Edit pool - general
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| Changes to the pool range start and pool range end possible | ||||
Options - DHCP Optionen | ||||
| Option | Option number | Value | Description | ![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Router: | 3 | »2001:db8::1 | Router as configured in Define IPv6 address on interface. | |
| Domain name: | 15 | securepoint.local | Name of the domain in which the DHCP leases are assigned | |
| Name server: | 5 | »2001:db8::1 | Name server as configured in step 2 | |
| Netbios Nameserver: | 44 | NetBIOS over TCP/IP Name Server Option | ||
| SMTP-Server: | 69 | Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) Server Option | ||
| NTP Server: | 41 | Servers should be listed in order of preference. | ||
| Vendor Encapsulated Options: | 43 | Values must be given coded. | ||
| TFTP Server Name: | 66 | profile.gigaset.net | The IPv6 address, or hostname from the TFTP server option tftp-server-name text; | |
| Bootfile Name: | 67 | The name of the bootfile file option bootfile-name text; | ||
| Default URL: | 114 | https://teamwork.gigaset.com/gigawiki/display/GPPPO/DHCP+option+114 | Default URL option default-url string; | |
| VLAN ID: | 132 | The ID of the VLAN used option vlan-id code 132 = text; option vlan-id "128"; | ||
| Next Server: | The IPv6 address of the Next server | |||
| Default Lease Time: | 51 | 600 Seconds | Default validity period of the IP address if the client has not requested an explicit duration. | |
| Maximal Lease Time: | 7200 Seconds | Maximum validity period of the IP address in seconds that the client may receive when explicitly requested. | ||
| Reject unknown clients: | No | If activated Yes, an IP address is only assigned if there is a entry at Static DHCP tab for the MAC address of the client. notempty Changed standard behaviour ab v12.7: The static lease entry for the DHCP must be in the same pool to be considered known. The static lease entry for the DHCP must be in the same pool to be considered known. | ||
Static DHCP
If hosts are to be assigned predefined IP addresses ( fixed IPs bound to the MAC address, but assigned by the UTM), these IPs can be reserved with static leases:
Configuration under Area Static DHCP button
Static leases outside a pool
Configuration of DHCP-Relay
With the DHCP relay, devices can receive their network configuration dynamically via the network, even if the DHCP server is located in another subnet.
- If there are multiple subnets on an interface and a DHCP relay is to be created for only one of these subnets, this is only possible via VLANs.
- For this purpose, VLANs are created for the subnets of the interface. One with all subnets that should have a DHCP relay and one with the remaining subnets.
- Then, the corresponding VLAN can be selected as the client-side interface instead of the entire interface.
- Subnet A with 192.168.1.0/24
- Subnet B with 192.168.2.0/24
- Subnet C with 192.168.3.0/24
Now a DHCP relay is to be defined for subnets A and C, but not for B. For this purpose, a VLAN LAN2.1 is created, to which subnets A and C are assigned. A VLAN LAN2.2 is also created for B. So there are:
- VLAN LAN2.1 with 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.3.0/24
- VLAN LAN2.2 with 192.168.2.0/24
With the DHCP relay, VLAN LAN2.1 is now selected as the client-side interface instead of LAN2
Overview of DHCP pools / leases
The menu provides an overview of assigned static leases and existing DHCP connections. Static leases can also be edited there directly.
Further information can be found in the wiki article on network topology.












