turning off IPv6

[Christofer C. Bell]

On 7/6/06, Michal Ludvig <michal at logix.cz> wrote:
> Christofer C. Bell wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure it can be turned off that way.  I certainly don't have a
> > line loading it in my /etc/modules.
>
> Add these two lines at the end of /etc/modprobe.conf(.local):
>
> alias net-pf-10 off
> alias ipv6 off
>
> Then reboot your machine.
>
> > lsmod shows that it's loaded (the
> > ipv6 module) but I'm unable to remove it as it's in use.  It's not
> > clear from the lsmod output what's using it, however:
>
> Your network interfaces are using it ;-)

Ah, very good advice, and very good insight!  Thank you!

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Chris

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