</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>IPv6AcceptRA=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Controls IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) reception support
- for the interface. If true, RAs are accepted; if false, RAs are ignored, independently of the
- local forwarding state. When RAs are accepted, they may trigger the start of the DHCPv6
- client if the relevant flags are set in the RA data, or if no routers are found on the link.</para>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Controls IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) reception support for the
+ interface. If true, RAs are accepted; if false, RAs are ignored. When RAs are accepted, they may
+ trigger the start of the DHCPv6 client if the relevant flags are set in the RA data, or if no
+ routers are found on the link. The default is to disable RA reception for bridge devices or when IP
+ forwarding is enabled, and to enable it otherwise. Cannot be enabled on bond devices and when link
+ local adressing is disabled.</para>
<para>Further settings for the IPv6 RA support may be configured in the
<literal>[IPv6AcceptRA]</literal> section, see below.</para>