Jul 19 2010
How to DISABLE ipv6 in CentOS5 System
Posted by Denie
Category: BASH, CentOS, Networking, Tutorials, tips
echo “NETWORKING_IPV6=no” >> /etc/sysconfig/network
echo “alias ipv6 off” >> /etc/modprobe.conf
echo “alias net-pf-10 off” >> /etc/modprobe.conf
reboot
# ifconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:F0:BB:A7:28
inet addr:10.10.10.11 Bcast:10.10.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21c:f0ff:febb:a728/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:470449435 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:464084402 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2563674692 (2.3 GiB) TX bytes:2243518951 (2.0 GiB)
Interrupt:225 Base address:0×2800
Don’t really need of ipv6 to be run on your server. Want to disable it ?
