Timothy Murphy wrote:
> AA wrote:
>
>
>>While trying to troubleshoot some problems with my ipw2200 wireless card
>>I noticed that my machine is always broadcasting "ipv6 router
>>solicitation" requests. One machine I had before would always try to do
>>an ipv6 name resolution before doing an ipv4 resolution. I "fixed" it
>>by disabling ipv6 in my kernel. I attempted to do that in this present
>>case, but now I keep getting these messages in /var/log/messages:
>>
>>Jul 17 10:14:00 aa kernel: ipv6: Unknown symbol
>>secure_tcpv6_sequence_number Jul 17 10:14:00 aa kernel: ipv6: Unknown
>>symbol ipv6_skip_exthdr Jul 17 10:14:00 aa kernel: ipv6: Unknown symbol
>>ipv6_ext_hdr
>>
>>Any idea where these are coming from, what problems this might indicate,
>>and how I can turn it off?
>
>
> What exactly do you mean by "disabling" ipv6 in the kernel?
>
> You could remove the ipv6 module from /lib/modules/<version>/ .
> Or you could add "IPV6INIT=no" to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> (assuming you are using eth0).
> Or you could compile a kernel without ipv6.
>
compiling the kernel with the feature turned off.

I like the looks of your second option there, and will try it.

Thx