How to turn off IPV6

[Antonio Augusto (Mancha)]

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 03:48, Jonas Norlander <jonorland at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Clay Weber <claydoh at midmaine.com> wrote:
>> On Saturday 09 May 2009 6:50:52 pm Clay Weber wrote:
>>> On Saturday 09 May 2009 6:04:48 pm pkaplan1 at comcast.net wrote:
>>> > How can I inactivate IPV6 in 9.04? The instructions on the wiki are for
>>> > 8.04 and earlier and refer to files whose names have obviously changed.
>>> > Paul
>>>
>>> A google search on "jaunty ipv6"
>>> brought me this:
>>> http://www.ubuntu-inside.me/2009/04/howto-disable-ipv6-at-ubuntu-jaunty.htm
>>>l
>>>
>>> ipv6 is built into the kernel now, so either of the 2 methods described are
>>> required. I didn't notice any speedup here, but I do use OpenDNS which
>>> speeds address lookups a lot.
>>>
>>
>> But it doesn't stick after a reboot :(
>> Unless it is your router that doesn't support ipv6, I suggest trying out
>> opendns.com if you are experiencing slow page lookups
>>
>
> It should be possible to add "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1" to
> your /etc/sysctl.conf so it will be enabled at boot.
> I have _not_ tested it and I'm running Intrepid.

This won't work on Jaunty (at least not on the version I tested), I've
filled a bug about it, which is still open:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/351656

I can't say it doesn't work right now because I run a custom kernel,
with IPv6 disabled :)

Cheers