What is "sit0" for (in ifconfig -a)? Can I get rid of it ?

Robert Locke lists at ralii.com
Fri Jan 12 13:51:35 UTC 2007


On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 10:07 +0200, Ian Brown wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a newly installer FC6 on x86_64, and when I run
> ifconfig -a I get at the bottom
> ...
> ...
> 
> sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
>           NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> 
> 					
> I have two questions regarding this:
> can I get rid of this sit0, so that in next boot it will not
> appear when I run "ifconfig -a" ? I don't use ipv6 (and will not
> use it until at least FC7 , but probably also not after FC7 is out).
> And I don't use ppp/slip on this machine (nor any special
> net features).
> 
> Second: when I run "lsmod" I see : "ipv6" ; can I get rid of this module
> so that in next boot it will not appear ? (As said, I will **not** use
> ipv6 in the near future).
> 
> Regards,
> Ian
> 

Ian,

Add two lines to your /etc/modprobe.conf:

alias ipv6 off
alias net-pf-10 off

Then, after you reboot, both the sit0 and the ipv6 module will not
load...

Have fun,

--Rob




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