Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 06 October 2008, Thomas Cameron wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; In /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 I have the line as in the subject, but I note that bringing up eth0, at a fixed ipv4 address in the 192.168 block, there is about a 5 second pause doing it, and ifconfig does report

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 06 October 2008, Craig White wrote: On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 20:35 -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; In /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 I have the line as in the subject, but I note that bringing up eth0, at a fixed ipv4 address in the 192.168 block, there is

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 06 October 2008, Phil Savoie wrote: Thomas Cameron wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; In /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 I have the line as in the subject, but I note that bringing up eth0, at a fixed ipv4 address in the 192.168 block, there is about a 5 second pause doing it, and

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-07 Thread Fred Silsbee
--- On Tue, 10/7/08, Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 7:44 AM

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-06 Thread Thomas Cameron
Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; In /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 I have the line as in the subject, but I note that bringing up eth0, at a fixed ipv4 address in the 192.168 block, there is about a 5 second pause doing it, and ifconfig does report what looks like valid ipv6 addresses for both eth0

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-06 Thread Craig White
On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 20:35 -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; In /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 I have the line as in the subject, but I note that bringing up eth0, at a fixed ipv4 address in the 192.168 block, there is about a 5 second pause doing it, and

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-06 Thread Phil Savoie
Thomas Cameron wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; In /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 I have the line as in the subject, but I note that bringing up eth0, at a fixed ipv4 address in the 192.168 block, there is about a 5 second pause doing it, and ifconfig does report what looks like valid

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-05 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Because here, everything is on a 192.168.x.x address, fixed using host files for dns resolution. I've got both local IPv4 addresses and IPv6 addresses in my /etc/hosts file. Works just fine. As for added complexity, it isn't really any more complex

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 05 October 2008, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Because here, everything is on a 192.168.x.x address, fixed using host files for dns resolution. I've got both local IPv4 addresses and IPv6 addresses in my /etc/hosts file. Works just fine. As for

IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; In /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 I have the line as in the subject, but I note that bringing up eth0, at a fixed ipv4 address in the 192.168 block, there is about a 5 second pause doing it, and ifconfig does report what looks like valid ipv6 addresses for both eth0 and lo. eth0

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread edwardspl
Hello, You are using IPv4 ( If IPv6 disabled )... Edward. Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; In /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 I have the line as in the subject, but I note that bringing up eth0, at a fixed ipv4 address in the 192.168 block, there is about a 5 second pause doing it, and ifconfig

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 04 October 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, You are using IPv4 ( If IPv6 disabled )... Edward. Agreed Edward, but when it doesn't show the ipv6 addresses at all, the interface is brought up in milliseconds, as opposed to the 5 second lag it has now. That is the lag I would

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread Robert Locke
On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 02:54 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: On Saturday 04 October 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, You are using IPv4 ( If IPv6 disabled )... Edward. Agreed Edward, but when it doesn't show the ipv6 addresses at all, the interface is brought up in milliseconds, as

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread Ian Pilcher
Gene Heskett wrote: How does one go about disabling that? It's not easy. The Linux kernel automatically assigns a link-local IPv6 address to any interface that's brought up. If you don't want to use IPv6 at all, you can use /etc/modprobe.conf to prevent the appropriate module from being

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread edwardspl
Hello, After FC8 System, there is no /etc/modprobe.conf ( default hand by system ), the user may use the GUI ( NOT text mode ) tool or modify ifcfg-eth* file for it... Edward. Ian Pilcher wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: How does one go about disabling that? It's not easy. The Linux

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 04 October 2008, Ian Pilcher wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: How does one go about disabling that? It's not easy. The Linux kernel automatically assigns a link-local IPv6 address to any interface that's brought up. If you don't want to use IPv6 at all, you can use /etc/modprobe.conf to

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 04 October 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, After FC8 System, there is no /etc/modprobe.conf ( default hand by system ), the user may use the GUI ( NOT text mode ) tool or modify ifcfg-eth* file for it... What the Says he incredulously. Howinhell am I supposed to be able

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread edwardspl
Hello, After FC8, there is a system tool of udev, it will help you to handle the adapter config for the system... Edward. Gene Heskett wrote: On Saturday 04 October 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, After FC8 System, there is no /etc/modprobe.conf ( default hand by system ), the user

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread Robert Locke
On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 23:26 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, After FC8 System, there is no /etc/modprobe.conf ( default hand by system ), the user may use the GUI ( NOT text mode ) tool or modify ifcfg-eth* file for it... Edward. Edward, You may want to actually try the advice

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How does one go about disabling that? Why, pray tell? IPv6 is just about the only way one can reach one's internal machines from the outside world when has a cheap ISP that hands out a single IPv4 address. The 6to4 tunnel makes it trivial to set up IPv6.

Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network

2008-10-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 04 October 2008, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How does one go about disabling that? Why, pray tell? Because here, everything is on a 192.168.x.x address, fixed using host files for dns resolution. Anything that doesn't resolve locally gets