[ale] ipv6 dns requests???

[Robert L. Harris]

If you do "lsmod" is there anything related to ipv6?  If it's compiled
in static you may not be able to disable it.  


Thus spake Geoffrey (esoteric at 3times25.net):

> Jim Philips wrote:
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> >On Monday 19 April 2004 23:47, Geoffrey wrote:
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> >>Okay, so I happen to notice that my web pages are taking a while to
> >>start loading.  So, long story short, I'm looking at ethereal output and
> >>see my machine making an ipv6 dns request, which, of course fails to my
> >>ipv4 isp.  Then I see the ipv4 request which works.
> >>
> >>So the question is, why is my box doing this (suddenly??)  And more
> >>important, how do I stop it?  I've checked out all the config stuff I
> >>can find, but have not located the TURN_OFF_IPV6_DNS_REQUESTS flag
> >>anywhere.
> >
> >
> >Do you have ipv6 turned on in your kernel config?
> 
> It's a stock SuSE kernel, thus I'm trying to figure out where the 
> 'control' mechanism is.  I assume that it is enabled in the kernel, but 
> further assume that I should be able to disable it.
> 
> /proc/sys/net/ipv6 exists.
> 
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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