Try this: echo "install ipv6 /bin/true" > /etc/modprobe.d/ipv6 Then add the following lines to /etc/sysconfig/network: NETWORKING_IPV6=no IPV6INIT=no On Oct 17, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > My EeePC 4G 701 is running Fedora-10/KDE . > (I haven't succeeded in upgrading to Fedora-13 yet.) > It seems to run reasonably well, > but there is one curious feature - > I can only get an IPv6 address for eth0, the ethernet connection. > I get an IPv4 address for wlan0, the WiFi connection. > > 1. lsmod shows that the ipv6 module is running. > I thought I had stopped this by appending "alias ipv6 off" > to /etc/modprobe.conf , but evidently I was mistaken. > Is there a better way to turn a module off? > > 2. Is there a way of using an IPv6 address in /etc/dhcpd.conf ? > > Any suggestions gratefully received. > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines