here is a post that explains fairely well how to do so. Hope that helps.
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-87798.html Le mercredi 05 mars 2008 à 08:33 +0100, Johannes Wiedersich a écrit : > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > stephane lepain wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > > > I read a couple of post on ipv6 and most mentioned a point about IPv6 > > being the main factor for sluggish connection. So my question is that > > would it be good network practice to disable IPV6 on Debian testing? and > > would it really increase in anyways or make better my internet > > connection? > > I had some problems with a really slow connection to a particular > website. It turned out that *their* IPv6 was configured incorrectly (it > has been fixed for that particular site). In order to avoid these kind > of problems, I disabled IPv6 in iceweasel: > > In > about:config > set > network.dns.disableIPv6 true > > > Of course my ISP is not using IPV6 so I suppose it wouldn't really > > affect me if I disable the service. > > I don't know how to disable IPv6 globally. > > HTH, > > Johannes > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHzkyvC1NzPRl9qEURAsv8AJ9B85wpaahHyjOTyWpYo55iEY5BiQCfZP5t > 6jNeIskt8zRMkGXWWWP1X88= > =Lgat > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]