Disabling IPv6 on one NIC

[Alexander Apprich]

buntschu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On a system running FC3 I have 2 NIC cards. I would like to activate IPv6 only on one card and only IPv4 on the other one.
> 
> My /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 looks like:
> 
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=none
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> IPADDR=192.168.1.10
> USERCTL=yes
> PEERDNS=yes
> GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
> IPV6INIT=no
> IPV6_AUTOCONF=no
> 
> And when running:
> 
> /etc/init.d/network restart
> 
> I still have IPv6 active on eth0 and autoconfiguration running..
> 
> Any ideas ?
> 
> 

Google found this

http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc3.shtml

[snip]
To disable IPV6: As root, you must add the line: "alias net-pf-10 off" 
(without quotes)
to the end of your /etc/modprobe.conf file.

-OR-

Quick solution:

[root at charon fc3]# echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf

A reboot is required.
[/snip]

Alex



> 

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