hi lugs
whenever i disable ipv6 support from the kernel (2.6) and recompile, i still
find that ifconfig eth0 gives me a default ipv6 address ( which i do not want
- see below):
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:56:E2:BB:39
inet addr:146.64.28.46 Bcast:146.64.28.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20d:56ff:fee2:bb39/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 3ffe:2900:fffa:3:20d:56ff:fee2:bb39/64 Scope:Global
this means i manually have to do:
ifconfig eth0 del fe80::20d:56ff:fee2:bb39/64
ifconfig eth0 del 3ffe:2900:fffa:3:20d:56ff:fee2:bb39/64
which i dont want too (neither do i want to write a script to do this) :)
problem is that the current smtp server cant map this ipv6 address against any
hostname.. (which server i have no control over..)
has anyone ever got this problem? is this a NIC driver problem?
i have disabled ipv6 support in the kernel at the moment but no cure yet.. i
cant see any ipv6 disable in any of the scripts in /etc/sysconfig/network..
cheers
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