Re: Stop ifconfig from adding an ipv6 address?

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:18:05 +1000, Brad <brad46526@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi. I'm running Linux 2.6.23.14 with Slackware 12.0 and have had
my first exposure to ipv6. It seems that ifconfig (from net-tools
1.60) will automatically assign an ipv6 address to my ethernet
interface when I configure it for an ipv4 address, whether I want
one or not. I.e. the command:

ifconfig eth0 inet 192.168.1.10 up

will cause both the ipv4 address and also an ipv6 address to
materialise on eth0.

I suggest that you post this question in alt.os.linux.slackware or
alt.linux.slakware.

This does not happen to me when I use rc.inet1 and rc.inet1.conf,
regardless of static or DHCP IP, and I have not done anything that
would discourage IPv6 other than to remove all references to it from
the netfilter/iptables stuff in the kernel.

Another alternative might be to use ip rather than ifconfig.
--
buck

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