On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 06:40:01PM +0530, Amogh Hooshdar wrote: > 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 This looks like your dns server is returning 1.0.0.0 for an A record request, have you tried a dig <hostname> or a hosts <hostname> and see what the results are. You have done all the right things to turn of ipv6 from the system > > 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 <T.Six@gmx.de> 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 debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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