Thank you for response. But it did not help. I commented out all the ip6 lines in /etc/hosts and then even rebooted the box.
Now see a sample output for aptitude update:- # aptitude update 0% [Connecting to ftp.us.debian.org (1.0.0.0)] [Connecting to security.debian.or I observed it with wireshark and the DNS queries and responses are like this:- DNS Standard query AAAA ftp.us.debian.org DNS Standard query response [Malformed packet] DNS Standrd query A ftp.us.debian.org DNS Standard query response A 1.0.0.0 ipv6 doesn't seem to have been disabled because the DNS AAAA type queries are still going out. Please help me to disable ipv6 completely. On Dec 15, 2007 5:12 PM, Thilo Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amogh Hooshdar wrote the following on 15.12.2007 07:58 > > </snip> > > > I changed the "alias net-pf-10 ipv6" line to the following two lines. > > > > alias net-pf-10 off > > alias ipv6 off > > > > After rebooting, I checked: lsmod | grep ipv6. Sure enough it is gone > > and the command gives nil output. But when I use bitchx or pidgin to > > connect to irc.freenode.net, I can still see DNS AAAA irc.freenode.net > > type of queries.As a result our DNS server that doesn't understand > > ipv6 returns 1.0.0.0 as the address and the clients don't work. > > </snip> > > > Please help me to disable ipv6 completely. > > <--------------- /etc/hosts --------------- > > # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts > #::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback > #fe00::0 ip6-localnet > #ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix > #ff02::1 ip6-allnodes > #ff02::2 ip6-allrouters > #ff02::3 ip6-allhosts > ---------------------------------------------> > > for nameresolution /etc/hosts is read then /etc/resolv.conf . > > HTH > -- > Thilo > > key: 0x4A411E09 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
