Diego Iastrubni wrote: > Hi, > > In case someone does not know why, I am using this funky bfocus 312 modem > bezeq is giving, configured as a router. In theory all I have to do is to > make my hosts "dhcp" and I am done. However, this modem supports IPV6, and > our ISPs generally do not, and the DNS servers get broken. > > The first work around, is to set the DNS server of the clients, not to the > modem but to the DNS servers of the ISP. Since the DHCP lease of the clients > ends after X time, the clients get once again the DNS of the modem, and the > problem comes back. How do modify the dhcp clients to a specific DNS, and not > to get them from the modem? > > The second work around will be disabling the IPv6 from the clients. I have > found on the net that I should edit /etc/modprobe.d/aliases, and then modify > this line > > alias net-pf-10 ipv6 <- old > alias net-pf-10 off <- on > > and then run "update-modules". > > This does not work for me. > > Is anyone else on this list using this modem? How did he fix that problem? >
It'd be better to leave aliases as is, so updates won't overwrite it (in case you'll answer y by mistake). Another way to disable ipv6 is blacklisting the module. Creating a new file will be the best: echo "blacklist ipv6" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ipv6 Don't forget to reboot. Added it a tip for future reference at debian.org.il: http://debian.org.il/tips/disable-ipv6 Cheers -- Meir Kriheli http://mksoft.co.il ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
