From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 22 01:17:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3965216A4CE for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 01:17:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from Neo-Vortex.net (203-217-87-46.dyn.iinet.net.au [203.217.87.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCEA243D39 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 01:17:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@Neo-Vortex.net) Received: from localhost.Neo-Vortex.got-root.cc (Neo-Vortex@localhost.Neo-Vortex.got-root.cc [127.0.0.1]) by Neo-Vortex.net (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j2M1H9gg006545; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:17:09 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from root@Neo-Vortex.net) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:17:09 +1000 (EST) From: Neo-Vortex To: Brian Somers In-Reply-To: <20050321135528.7ae92ef4@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> Message-ID: <20050322111432.P6452@Neo-Vortex.net> References: <20050307104524.GA1877@gicco.homeip.net> <20050321135528.7ae92ef4@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org cc: hampi@rootshell.be Subject: Re: disabling ipv6 with ppp X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 01:17:49 -0000 On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Brian Somers wrote: > Use ``disable ipv6'' - see the man page. > Put ``NOINET6=true'' in /etc/make.conf to make IPv6 go away entirely. > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:45:24 +0100, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm using ppp. Even though INET6 is disabled in the kernel there is > > some INET6 stuff configured. Netstat -rn shows: > > > > ... > > Internet6: > > Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire > > ::1 ::1 UH lo0 > > fe80::%lo0/64 fe80::1%lo0 U lo0 > > fe80::1%lo0 link#4 UHL lo0 > > ff01::/32 ::1 U lo0 > > ff02::%lo0/32 ::1 UC lo0 > > ff02::%tun0/32 fe80::20f:3dff:feae:5416%tun0 UGS tun0 > > > > The last route to 'ff02::%tun0/32' appears only if ppp is running. > > Some seconds after ppp is startet (ppp -quiet -auto isp) it goes > > online. Trying to delete the route by hand claims it is a bad > > address: > > > > route delete 'ff02::%tun0/32' > > route: bad address: ff02::%tun0/32 PPP Running with IPv6 support or not means nothing if those addresses appear or not, it is because your kernel is compiled with IPv6 support, so the link local addresses as you see will appear, also, if you want to try to remove them, you will most likely need to put -inet6 on the command line, although i don't believe it is possible to remove link local addresses... ie - disable it in your kernel and it will disappear (you might also want to disable it for world programs too as someone has stated in case of any problems...) > > How can I run ppp without INET6 support? > > > > -Hanspeter > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > -- > Brian Somers > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >