On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:05:13 Basil Chupin wrote:
On 24/09/13 22:23, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Basil Chupin
[09-24-13 07:24]: On 24/09/13 02:29, Per Jessen wrote: [...]
Sorry - you go to Yast->Network devices - then edit the address assignment mode for the individual device(s). Usually you will have static, dhcpv4, dhcpv6 and 4+6. (all from memory, ymmv).
Thanks for this but the water is too cold and too deep so I'll stay in the boat where it is safe :-) .
You can "stay in the boat" where you may *never* reach shore, but the described action does work as I have been using it for several years on my server machine(s), which are still on 11.2.
That's nice.... for you :-) . But when one has never touched anything-networking telling one to "edit address assignment mode...." goes totally over the head.
Now, if someone posts a screenshot of YaST where such a change was done then one can start to understand what "address assignment mode....." means and where it is configured :-) .
BC
The suggestions that have been made operate on 2 different levels. My original
suggestion (disable IPV6 system wide) disables IPV6 functionality at kernel
level (as I understand it), hence the need for a reboot.
Others have suggested modifying the dhcp protocol per-interface, which is
easily achieved via Yast's Network Settings dialog (the same dialog where you
find the checkbox to disable IPV6 systemwide but on a different tab) or by
manually editing /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-