This works correctly on Ubuntu: root@ubuntu:/var/log > cat /etc/os-release NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="16.04.7 LTS (Xenial Xerus)" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS" VERSION_ID="16.04" HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/" SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" VERSION_CODENAME=xenial UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial root@ubuntu:/var/log > uname -r 4.15.0-133-generic root@ubuntu:/var/log > tail /etc/sysctl.conf #net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0 # # Log Martian Packets #net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 1 # net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1 dev.raid.speed_limit_min = 700000 dev.raid.speed_limit_max = 2000000 root@ubuntu:/var/log > sysctl dev.raid.speed_limit_min dev.raid.speed_limit_min = 700000 root@ubuntu:/var/log > sysctl dev.raid.speed_limit_max dev.raid.speed_limit_max = 2000000 root@ubuntu:/var/log >