On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 10:07 +0200, Ian Brown wrote: > Hello, > > I have a newly installer FC6 on x86_64, and when I run > ifconfig -a I get at the bottom > ... > ... > > sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 > NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > > I have two questions regarding this: > can I get rid of this sit0, so that in next boot it will not > appear when I run "ifconfig -a" ? I don't use ipv6 (and will not > use it until at least FC7 , but probably also not after FC7 is out). > And I don't use ppp/slip on this machine (nor any special > net features). > > Second: when I run "lsmod" I see : "ipv6" ; can I get rid of this module > so that in next boot it will not appear ? (As said, I will **not** use > ipv6 in the near future). > > Regards, > Ian > Ian, Add two lines to your /etc/modprobe.conf: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off Then, after you reboot, both the sit0 and the ipv6 module will not load... Have fun, --Rob
