Hi, Steve told you how to do what you're asking, but I wonder why you'd want to. Why not go the other way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IPv6_tunnel_brokers I'm subscribed to two so far and I have the address blocks 2001:470:1f05:9e::/64 and 2001:5c0:9841::/48 assigned to me. ipv6.he.net and free6.net respectively. I'm having a ball! I just wish more VOIP applications supported IPV6. HTH. -- Bill in Denver On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Daniel C wrote: > Hi list, > > I am trying to figure out how to disable the use of IPV6. when I do an > ifconfig, this is what I get: > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:20:0B:E6:16 > inet addr:172.116.150.100 Bcast:172.116.150.255 > Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::213:20ff:fe0b:e616/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:20707 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:11950 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:19328766 (18.4 MiB) TX bytes:1192704 (1.1 MiB) > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:760 (760.0 b) TX bytes:760 (760.0 b) > > Any help would be appreciated. > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.13/1099 - Release Date: 10/30/2007 > 10:06 AM > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >