Hi Stephan, thank you for that hint.
Is this an additional setting to the other settings mentioned by me or the one and only setting necessary? Am I right that this setting allows loading of the kernel module by disables IPv6 functionality? Best regards Andreas > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [email protected] [mailto:owner- > [email protected]] Im Auftrag von Stephan Wiesand > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 5. August 2015 11:26 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: IPv6 address popping up > > > On 05 Aug 2015, at 11:18, Bill Maidment <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > -----Original message----- > > From: Andreas Mock <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wed 05-08-2015 19:14 > > Subject: AW: IPv6 address popping up > > To: Bill Maidment <[email protected]>; [email protected]; > >> Hi Bill, > >> > >> Thank you for that hint. I'll try it. > >> Can you explain what the difference to > >> > >> net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 > >> > >> is? > >> > >> Do you have an idea why the IPv6 kernel module > >> is pulled in? > >> > > > > I'll leave that to someone else to explain. > > It just worked for me. > > Maybe something is using the "default" rather than what is covered by > "all" > > It would be good to know the answer, though. > > It's sufficient to type something like "host ::0" to get it autoloaded. > The correct way to disable IPv6 on SL6 is to have an "options ipv6 > disable=1" somewhere in modprobe.d . > > -- > Stephan Wiesand > DESY - DV - > Platanenallee 6 > 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
