Disabling IPv6 on one NIC

[Paul Howarth]

Alexander Apprich wrote:
> buntschu wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> On a system running FC3 I have 2 NIC cards. I would like to activate 
>> IPv6 only on one card and only IPv4 on the other one.
>>
>> My /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 looks like:
>>
>> DEVICE=eth0
>> BOOTPROTO=none
>> ONBOOT=yes
>> TYPE=Ethernet
>> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
>> IPADDR=192.168.1.10
>> USERCTL=yes
>> PEERDNS=yes
>> GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
>> IPV6INIT=no
>> IPV6_AUTOCONF=no
>>
>> And when running:
>>
>> /etc/init.d/network restart
>>
>> I still have IPv6 active on eth0 and autoconfiguration running..
>>
>> Any ideas ?
>>
>>
> 
> Google found this
> 
> http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc3.shtml
> 
> [snip]
> To disable IPV6: As root, you must add the line: "alias net-pf-10 off" 
> (without quotes)
> to the end of your /etc/modprobe.conf file.
> 
> -OR-
> 
> Quick solution:
> 
> [root at charon fc3]# echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
> 
> A reboot is required.
> [/snip]

Which totally disables IPv6 on the system, not what the OP wanted to do.

Paul.