Am 30.04.2013 21:17, schrieb Fred Roller: > When f18 updated the kernel to 3.8.8.203 my wireless started dropping after a few minutes of use and had still kept > dropping into kernel update 3.8.9.200. I finally found that IPV6 enabled may be the cause. The procedure at: > > http://www.linuxexplorers.com/2013/01/disable-ipv6-in-fedora-core-to-address-wireless-connection-timeouts/ > > which edits "/etc/sysctl.conf" to disable IPV6 at boot if you want to disable ipv6 at all add "ipv6.disable=1" as kernel-param you have no single way to disable it COMPLETLY with sysctl.conf with sysctl.conf you have at leats link-local addresses while boot with the correct kernel param results like below for any Fedora from F16 up to F19 [harry@srv-rhsoft:~]$ ifconfig eth0 eth0: flags=4419<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 ether 24:be:05:1a:c0:27 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 1418 bytes 363800 (355.2 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 1158 bytes 416642 (406.8 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 device interrupt 20 memory 0xf7e00000-f7e20000
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