disable IPv6 ethernet device

[rune]

i newly installed FC4 and it has already set up my ethernet connections. i have the normal direct connection to the internet through the device eth0, but FC4 also added an IPv6 tunnel, called sit0. how can i disable sit0 since i don't use ipv6? thanks for your help

[SuperNu]

Edit /etc/modprobe.conf and add the line alias ipv6 off.

--SN

[kg4cbk]

Or you can add

NETWORKING_IPV6=no

to the /etc/sysconfig/network file.


You might also want to add to that file

NOZEROCONF=yes

this will disable zero configuration which keeps the 169.254 addresses from being added to your routing table.

[viper8]

as root:

echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf

then reboot and bada bing! Much faster dns lookups.

Edit: I figure I'd mention that I was experiencing some delays while looking up addresses in firefox...Once I did the above, DNS lookups sped up incredibly.

[binarykungfu]

cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 e100
alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off
alias char-major-195* nvidia

[binarykungfu]

IPV6 has already been disabled

[fsck]

Dude. Wrong thread. We're over here