net-pf-10 and why is it related to ipv6

HadroLepton · 04-02-2005, 10:50 PM

can someone please explain to me what is net-pf-10 and why is it related to ipv6.
(please not that i am newbie in linux)

i read everywhere that when you want to disable ipv6 you need to add the following line to modprobe.conf
alias net-pf-10 off

why do you have to disable net-pf-10 and not ipv6? when i type lsmod i see a module called ipv6, that module disappears as expected, but it doesn't make any sense.

Matir · 04-04-2005, 10:48 AM

net-pf-10 is networking protocol family 10 (aka ipv6). The two are just aliased somewhere in your module configuration.

HadroLepton · 04-05-2005, 01:33 AM

thanks for the answer

i was hoping for a bit more detail though. like where exactly in my module configuration (filename?). what other members of the family are there, i can imagine ipv4, would that be net-pf-9?

could you give me a link where i can read more about these families of protocols. i have been searching google but all i find are posts of people telling people how to disable ipv6

kirtikjr · 10-05-2011, 06:24 AM

ipv4 is net-pf-2...

some other networking protocol families..
# alias net-pf-1 off # Unix
# alias net-pf-2 off # IPv4
# alias net-pf-3 off # Amateur Radio AX.25
# alias net-pf-4 off # IPX
# alias net-pf-5 off # DDP / appletalk
# alias net-pf-6 off # Amateur Radio NET/ROM
# alias net-pf-9 off # X.25
# alias net-pf-10 off # IPv6
# alias net-pf-11 off # ROSE / Amateur Radio X.25 PLP
# alias net-pf-19 off # Acorn Econet

Hope it helps..