Re: strange ipv6 messages after disablling in kernel

From: Timothy Murphy (tim_at_birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie)
Date: 07/17/05

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    AA wrote:

    > While trying to troubleshoot some problems with my ipw2200 wireless card
    > I noticed that my machine is always broadcasting "ipv6 router
    > solicitation" requests. One machine I had before would always try to do
    > an ipv6 name resolution before doing an ipv4 resolution. I "fixed" it
    > by disabling ipv6 in my kernel. I attempted to do that in this present
    > case, but now I keep getting these messages in /var/log/messages:
    >
    > Jul 17 10:14:00 aa kernel: ipv6: Unknown symbol
    > secure_tcpv6_sequence_number Jul 17 10:14:00 aa kernel: ipv6: Unknown
    > symbol ipv6_skip_exthdr Jul 17 10:14:00 aa kernel: ipv6: Unknown symbol
    > ipv6_ext_hdr
    >
    > Any idea where these are coming from, what problems this might indicate,
    > and how I can turn it off?

    What exactly do you mean by "disabling" ipv6 in the kernel?

    You could remove the ipv6 module from /lib/modules/<version>/ .
    Or you could add "IPV6INIT=no" to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
    (assuming you are using eth0).
    Or you could compile a kernel without ipv6. 

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