Have ipv6 loading and only want ipv4
 

Hi all,
I have the ipv6 module running and would like to only run ipv4. How do just run ipv4? is it as simple as not loading the ipv6 module or do I have to recompile my kernel?
Thanks in advance

Having it enabled shouldn't be causing any problems, you can probably disable the loading of the ipv6 module in /etc/modules.conf but I don't see why it would matter.

Noth is right. Unless you have an ipv6 gateway to the internet, ipv6 basically just sits there and does nothing.

Hi and thanks Noth and Reefshark, I have three interfaces, an Ethernet, embedded Atheros abg and a Proxim PCMCIA bg card. At this point I am manually loading the two wireless interfaced using t"ifconfig ath0 inet". when I do an ifconfig all three show inet6 and there is a sit0 6 to 4 tunnel interface that shows as well with the ip address of my Ethernet interface and a derived ipv6 address. I am having trouble getting the Ethernet side of my wireless cards working, the 802.11 side is fine and being a newbie to this linux stuff I think I did to much reading and jumped to a conclusion (probably incorrect and not a good thing to do anyway!) and since the interfaces come up fine and shows RX and TX traffic but many many errors I thought I the ipv6 was the problem. The Ethernet interface works OK!!!
Ron

Anyway to dissable IPv6 for a 2.6 kernel (at least for fedora), take a look at this:
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...fc3.shtml#ipv6