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pinchyfingers

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From: Bristol, PA

Registered: 2008-11-04

Posts: 46

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Disable IPv6

I'm pretty sure I'm missing something simple. Any guidance is much appreciated.

My wireless connection drops out randomly.

dmesg says:

NET: registered protocol family 20
lo: Disabled privacy extensions
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present

so in rc.conf I added !ipv6 to the modules list, after restarting though, ipv6 is still in use.

`lsmod | grep ipv6`  shows that the module is loaded, and ifconfig shows inet6 addresses for lo and wlan0. After bringing down all of my network interfaces I try `rmmod ipv6`, but I get the message that ipv6 is in use.

I must be going about this the wrong way. Any ideas?

bluewind

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From: Austria

Registered: 2008-07-13

Posts: 172

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Re: Disable IPv6

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IPv … the_Module

pinchyfingers

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From: Bristol, PA

Registered: 2008-11-04

Posts: 46

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Re: Disable IPv6

Thank you so much. You da man.

arew264

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From: Friendswood, Texas, US

Registered: 2006-07-01

Posts: 394

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Re: Disable IPv6

Wait, why do you need to disable it? That message is normal, nothing is wrong.

VirtualRider

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Registered: 2008-08-20

Posts: 134

Re: Disable IPv6

I also had to disable ipv6. It caused bad behavior of internet related programs on my pc.

pinchyfingers

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From: Bristol, PA

Registered: 2008-11-04

Posts: 46

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Re: Disable IPv6

I disabled because I was losing my connection a few times a day and the only clue I can find if that message about IPv6. So far so good. If I keep losing my connection now I'll try something else.

arew264

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From: Friendswood, Texas, US

Registered: 2006-07-01

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Re: Disable IPv6

I doubt that will fix your problem, but I wish you the best of luck. I get that message every time my wireless connects, and I have no problems.