On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 02:54 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 04 October 2008, edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >Hello, > > > >You are using IPv4 ( If IPv6 disabled )... > > > >Edward. > > > Agreed Edward, but when it doesn't show the ipv6 addresses at all, the > interface is brought up in milliseconds, as opposed to the 5 second lag it > has now. That is the lag I would like to remove. > > Thank you. > Gene and Edward, All IPV6INIT does in the ifcfg-* file is prevent the network script from using IPv6. Fortunately/unfortunately, you are, in fact, still loading the kernel module, ipv6.ko. If that module is loaded, you will get a locally scoped IPv6 address which is seen in the output that Gene supplied. > >Gene Heskett wrote: > >>Greetings; > >> > >>In /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 I have the line as in the subject, but I note > >>that bringing up eth0, at a fixed ipv4 address in the 192.168 block, there > >> is about a 5 second pause doing it, and ifconfig does report what looks > >> like valid ipv6 addresses for both eth0 and lo. > >> > >>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1F:C6:62:FC:BB > >> inet addr:192.168.71.3 Bcast:192.168.71.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > >> inet6 addr: fe80::21f:c6ff:fe62:fcbb/64 Scope:Link > >> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > >> RX packets:52899 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > >> TX packets:45100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > >> RX bytes:34184438 (32.6 MiB) TX bytes:26737247 (25.4 MiB) > >> Interrupt:22 Base address:0xa000 > >> > >>lo Link encap:Local Loopback > >> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > >> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > >> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > >> RX packets:6888 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > >> TX packets:6888 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > >> RX bytes:16987249 (16.2 MiB) TX bytes:16987249 (16.2 MiB) > >> > >> > >>How does one go about disabling that? > To entirely stop any form of IPv6 addressing from appearing, you need to block the module. Traditionally that is done in /etc/modprobe.conf by placing a line or lines of the form: alias ipv6 off alias net_pf_10 off The second line may or may not be needed anymore. I do not know if IPv6 is the "true cause" of your 5-second delay, but the line(s) in modprobe.conf are a more complete way to stop IPv6 addressing from appearing. HTH, --Rob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
