The IPv6 module was required for layer 3 NICs.
On 2010-07-22, Mark Post <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 7/22/2010 at 08:48 AM, Rick Barlow <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have been asked several times by our network people if there is a way to >> get Linux to stop using IPv6 DNS resolution. With multiple search >> domains, >> Linux will try all of them in IPv6 before it tries IPv4. Especially when >> considering the IBM WebSphere is excessive with its use of DNS lookup, >> this >> results in a huge amount of useless network traffic. > > Do you need IPV6 at all? If not, then disable it entirely. I haven't > checked to see if that will work in SLES9 or not, but it certainly does in > SLES11, and should in SLES10. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > -- -- R; <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
