verifying ipv6 is turned off

[Robert Locke]

On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 12:36, Ben Vitale wrote:
> Hi,
>   How do I verify that IPv6 is in fact turned off? I have the lines
> 
> alias net-pf-10 off
> alias ipv6 off
> 
>   in my /etc/modprobe.conf, but my DNS queries are still hanging quite 
> often, even after a restart.
> 
> Ben
> 
Ben,

The delay may not be due to the IPv6 issues.  What does your
/etc/resolv.conf say?

Take a look at the first nameserver line and try to ping that server to
make sure you can get to it.  If the first server is currently
inaccessible you may want to re-order your nameserver lines.

HTH,

--Rob