confused on disabling IPv6

arnuld · 05-29-2007, 02:51 AM

i have Debian Etch amd64 using netinst CD. i want to disable Ipv6 as it causes problems. i know what i need to add:

alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off

on Fedora i add these lines to "/etc/modprobe.conf" and internet troubles go away :-) now on debian i have these 3 files:

/etc/modprobe.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/aliases
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

where should i add those 2 alias lines ?

macondo · 05-29-2007, 07:59 AM

I use a plain AMD box, i commented the line:

alias net-pf-10 ipv6

in /etc/modprobe.d/aliases

and then in iceweasel, i wrote about:config and toggled the line to look like this:

network.dns.disableIPv6 user set boolean true

HappyTux · 05-29-2007, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arnuld

i have Debian Etch amd64 using netinst CD. i want to disable Ipv6 as it causes problems. i know what i need to add:

alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off

on Fedora i add these lines to "/etc/modprobe.conf" and internet troubles go away :-) now on debian i have these 3 files:

/etc/modprobe.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/aliases
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

where should i add those 2 alias lines ?

In the /etc/modprobe.d/ directory try creating a file ipv6 with your two lines in it this should be processed by modutils on boot and your settings used, for KDE if using it then in your /etc/environment put this.

Code:

## Added by me for no IPV6 in KDE
KDE_NO_IPV6=1

Qew · 06-08-2007, 06:41 PM

Another way to achieve this is to add the line "blacklist ipv6" (no quotes) to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file and comment out (add # to the start of each line you want ignored) the references to ipv6 in the /etc/hosts file. If you use IceWeasel, then do what macondo suggests.

deepclutch · 06-08-2007, 07:05 PM

a drastic measure if u want any modules from preventing loading is to create a file /etc/modprobe.d/00local containing ur blacklist modules in the format:

Code:

install modulename  /bin/true

kmoffat · 06-13-2007, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arnuld

i have Debian Etch amd64 using netinst CD. i want to disable Ipv6 as it causes problems.

May I ask, what problems?