From nobody Thu Feb 19 08:47:42 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4fGn8366cVz6SZQw for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:47:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms-10.1blu.de (ms-10.1blu.de [178.254.4.101]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4fGn816x2rz3x2B for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:47:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=unixarea.de header.s=blu3434000 header.b="ryuTg/EM"; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of guru@unixarea.de designates 178.254.4.101 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guru@unixarea.de DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=unixarea.de ; s=blu3434000; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version: Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date:Sender:Cc:Content-ID: Content-Description:In-Reply-To:References; bh=/eHpnSadJHehBTRqxjYWkqKhwZreqBVO8DuERe66Rg8=; b=ryuTg/EMyADJyOi4bPNcLqBuha YY6e4k0fAqDkiC8r6sY8T2Hs5MEPgwb/20ClEpjU3vyNPljQG9T/4cbL554VlyZaXKTgFrxKY+lin 80HVRWq1JkE5ra+anaGK+GI/m3vzbsWHwYc57RWjhljwOdFREzIS8Dwgm2kmvVCwjhw5NIBLh7RP5 GCIVwYbNydDT+fBwrl7QIOuiFqTSkHfskBHSKVGzLyUNnXggb1rjxF35GD4dWzQfEpjskFqObzSKZ PTEhsHt+DzsOe5T1NaXl3pbCpIPKVGZCKaeEXejeZxB1q6PDvgcJIVehBqr7W+68oRMlbTzo0vQSv n/PQfs1A==; Received: from [62.216.207.165] (helo=localhost.unixarea.de) by ms-10.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1vszhH-008PiL-6I for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:47:43 +0100 Received: from localhost.my.domain (c720-1400094 [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.unixarea.de (8.17.1/8.14.9) with ESMTP id 61J8lgHZ005332 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:47:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.17.1/8.14.9/Submit) id 61J8lguC005331 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:47:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:47:42 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: disabling inet6 on interface wlan0 Message-ID: Reply-To: Matthias Apitz Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT r1400094 (amd64) X-message-flag: Mails in HTML will not be read! 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Thanks matthias -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/ +49-176-38902045 Public GnuPG key: http://www.unixarea.de/key.pub