diff --git a/examples/simple-udp-server/simple-udp-server.ino b/examples/simple-udp-server/simple-udp-server.ino
index b719db1..2f3280a 100644
--- a/examples/simple-udp-server/simple-udp-server.ino
+++ b/examples/simple-udp-server/simple-udp-server.ino
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ int udp_server(char* output_buffer, const char* input_buffer, int len) {
 void setup() {
   pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
 
+  /* Customize coppino library configuration settings by editing settings.h */
+
   /* setup serial for Internet connectivity
    * attach a SLIP daemon on the other endpoint; a good one is `tunslip6` by Contiki
    * $ tunslip6 -s /dev/ttyUSB0 -L -v5 -B 19200 2001:db8:1324::1/64
@@ -26,8 +28,6 @@ void setup() {
    * Note: pay attention to enter exactly 64 bits / 8 bytes
   */
   ipv6::setEUI("\xde\xad\xbe\xef\x12\x34\x56\x78");
-  /* enable or disable IPv6 Stateless Auto-Configuration (SLAAC) */
-  ipv6::SLAAC(false);
   /* set global address -- will be overwritten if SLAAC is enabled and a Router Advertisement is received */
   ipv6::setGlobalAddress("\x20\x01\x04\x70\xc8\x44\x00\x31\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xca\xfe");
 
diff --git a/src/ipv6.cpp b/src/ipv6.cpp
index f3f03dc..88a4b9a 100644
--- a/src/ipv6.cpp
+++ b/src/ipv6.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ namespace ipv6
   uint8_t HOP_LIMIT = 64;
   IPv6Addr LINK_LOCAL_ADDRESS;
   IPv6Addr GLOBAL_ADDRESS;
-  bool slaac_enable;
 
   /******** buffers ********/
   IPv6Packet packetin;
@@ -23,10 +22,6 @@ namespace ipv6
     memcpy(&LINK_LOCAL_ADDRESS, "\xfe\x80", 2);
     memcpy(((char *)&LINK_LOCAL_ADDRESS) + 8, eui, 8);
   }
-  void SLAAC(bool enable)
-  {
-    slaac_enable = enable;
-  }
   void setGlobalAddress(const char *address)
   {
     memcpy(&GLOBAL_ADDRESS, address, 16);
@@ -242,7 +237,7 @@ namespace ipv6
       memcpy(output_buffer + 2, &checksum, 2);
       return len;
     }
-    else if (type == ICMP_RADV_TYPE && slaac_enable)
+    else if (type == ICMP_RADV_TYPE && ENABLE_SLAAC)
     { /* if it is IVMPc6 Router Advertisement, then... */
       ICMPv6_RADV *radv = (ICMPv6_RADV *)input_buffer;
       HOP_LIMIT = (radv->cur_hop_limit != 0) ? radv->cur_hop_limit : 64;
diff --git a/src/ipv6.h b/src/ipv6.h
index f697d14..6ec047c 100644
--- a/src/ipv6.h
+++ b/src/ipv6.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef COPPINO_IPV6_H
 #define COPPINO_IPV6_H
 
+#include "settings.h"
 #include "Arduino.h"
 #include "slip.h"
 
@@ -102,7 +103,6 @@ namespace ipv6
   /* RFC 4861 -- end */
 
   void setEUI(const char *eui);               /* 64bit Extended Unique Identifier */
-  void SLAAC(bool enable);                    /* enable IPv6 automatic prefix configuration (listens for RADV) */
   void setGlobalAddress(const char *address); /* global IPv6 address, manually configured */
 }
 
diff --git a/src/settings.h b/src/settings.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d2b0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef __COPPINO_SETTINGS_
+#define __COPPINO_SETTINGS_
+
+/* coppino configuration settings */
+// Enable IPv6 automatic prefix configuration (listens for RADV)
+constexpr bool ENABLE_SLAAC = false;
+
+#endif