Disabling IPv6

[dave]

Niall Sheridan wrote:
> Quick note on this.
> (And yes, I'm 'one of those people' who use ipv6 daily :) )
> 
> If you want to disable ipv6 properly, the best way to do it is to stop
> the module from loading. As of 2.6, ipv6 is enabled automatically even
> if compiled as a module. If you want to stop it loading (and I can
> appreciate that it can be a problem if you're not ipv6 enabled), you
> should do the following (all using sudo or as the root user):
> 
> edit /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
> find the line:
> 'alias net-pf-10 ipv6'
> change it to:
> 'alias net-pf-10 off'.
> run update-modules (I am assuming that this is still correct behaviour
> for 2.6 kernels).
> ipv6 was designed not to be removed while the system is running, so you
> must reboot at this time to remove it completely.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> Niall
> 

This is just a note to confirm that the proposed workaround worked 
wonders for me...and I hadn't even realized I was experiencing a 
problem! I only wanted to disable ipv6 to get rid of sit0.

Once ipv6 was disabled, though...what a difference. If you aren't using 
ipv6, but the module is loaded, you might want to consider disabling it.

dave