ipv6, kill it once and for all

[Henry Ritzlmayr]

Am Sonntag, den 26.08.2007, 21:46 -0500 schrieb John Pierce:
> Ok, I have tried in vain to stop ipv6 from loading on boot.
> 
> If I uncomment the following lines in /etc/modprobe.conf
> 
> #alias net-pf-10 off
> #alias ipv6 off
> 
> then I get the following during boot:
> 
> module off not found.

I have the exact same lines in /etc/modprobe.conf and they work like
charm (see below). How did the uncommented lines get into
your /etc/modprobe.conf? - Try deleting them and recreate them from
scratch (unseen special characters). 

alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off


> I have looked at /etc/sysctl.conf but I don't see a default entry for
> the stoppage of ipv6.

In /etc/sysconfig/network I had to change the line 

NETWORKING_IPV6=yes

to 

NETWORKING_IPV6=no

to completely get rid of IPV6.

Henry

> 
> I really would like to completely and utterly obliterate ipv6 once and
> for all, as it seems to really bog down my system.
> 
> -- 
> John
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>