Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:47:42 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: disabling inet6 on interface wlan0 Message-ID: <aZbOLtMDwmCVfeQw@c720-1400094>
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Hello, I want to have only inet4 on my WLAN interface and have in /etc/rc.conf concerning the interface: wlans_ath0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP" ip6addrctl_enable="NO" ipv6_network_interfaces="none" ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="NO" ifconfig_wlan0_ipv6="NO" but the interface comes up as: # ifconfig wlan0 wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 options=0 ether 9c:d2:1e:85:72:79 inet 192.168.178.22 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.178.255 inet6 fe80::9ed2:1eff:fe85:7279%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet6 2001:a61:341e:eb01:9ed2:1eff:fe85:7279 prefixlen 64 autoconf pltime 3099 vltime 6699 inet6 fd6e:81fe:73cc:0:9ed2:1eff:fe85:7279 prefixlen 64 autoconf pltime 3600 vltime 7200 groups: wlan ssid tarara channel 36 (5180 MHz 11a ht/40+) bssid 3c:a6:2f:02:c2:d5 regdomain 108 indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 30 bmiss 7 mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 ampdulimit 64k shortgi -uapsd wme burst roaming MANUAL parent interface: ath0 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11na status: associated nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> How can I disable inet6 completely or at least temporary? Thanks matthias -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/ +49-176-38902045 Public GnuPG key: http://www.unixarea.de/key.pubhome | help
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