I have tried various ways of disabling IPv6 on my primary workstation running Debian Lenny but it still sticks. Any ideas?
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echo blacklist ipv6 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.local
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Heh, i had made a spalling erorr in the config file the first time i tried.
It works like a charm now, thanks mate.
edit:
/etc/modprobe.d/aliases
By default you will have a line like this:
alias net-pf-10 ipv6
Replace that line with:
alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off
(The second line may/may not be required with newer (2.26.+) kernels, but it won’t hurt anything)
Also, while we’re at it, on your desktop machines, help out Firefox by disabling IPv6 there too. It’s simple, in the location bar enter:
about:config
Then search for:
network.dns.disableIPv6
and toggle its value to ‘true'
alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off
you can do it with everything else you don need it (X25, appletalk, ...)
Hope it helps
Ben