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Jan 072010
 

Disable IPv6 in Linux

Answer:

To disable IPv6 during boot time.

1. edit /boot/grub/menu.lst

# sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.lst

2. append the following line at the end of your targeted kernel, save the file.

ipv6.disable=1

3. Restart your system and verify to see it is now disabled (The following command should return nothing)

# ip a | grep inet6