Hi, Em Sexta 12 Janeiro 2007 10:51, Robert Locke escreveu: > 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... But what is this sit0 interface? Thanks, Marcelo
