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Disable IPV6 in Debian Lenny?

tuxmaniatuxmania Posts: 19
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I have tried various ways of disabling IPv6 on my primary workstation running Debian Lenny but it still sticks. Any ideas?

:laugh:

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  • gborgbor Posts: 3
    I didn't try it, but it may help you: link
  • tuxmaniatuxmania Posts: 19
    :cheer:

    Heh, i had made a spalling erorr in the config file the first time i tried.

    It works like a charm now, thanks mate.
  • SvyatSvyat Posts: 1
    try it 
    echo blacklist ipv6 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.local
  • gborgbor Posts: 3
    For the archive:
    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'
  • benben Posts: 135
    edit /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
    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
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