User's Manual
Connect
Mode
The MWA1221 product supports the Connect Mode process as illustrated in the following figure:
MWA1221
would
transition
to
MoCA
Backhaul
Mode
or
Ethernet
Backhaul
Mode
if
the
product
has
successfully
entered Connect Mode.
The
MWA1221
product
would
use
fixed
1150MHz
channel
for
MoCA
interface
to
join
MoCA
network
by
default.
During IP address assignment stage, the MWA1221 supports IPv6 and IPv4 on both interfaces.
The MWA1221 would be assigned a link-local IPv6 address, using neighbor discovery to detect duplicate
addresses
The MWA1221 would initiate Route Solicitations
The MWA1221 would provision interface with global IPv6 address with RA prefix and interface specific
address and provision interface with IPv6 link-local address if Router Announcement (RA) received and
Autonomous flag == 1 and prefix != FE80::/10.
The MWA1221 would provision interface IPv6 link-local address only if no RA received from Router
Solicitations.
The MWA1221 would provision interface IPv6 link-local address only if RA is received and Autonomous
flag == 0 or prefix == FE80::/10
The MWA1221 would initiate DHCPv6 if global IPv6 address provisioning fails.