How-To: Disable IPV6 to speed up Internet.

[beemer]

Just wanted to let you know:

I have a Linksys WUSB54G Wireless adapter that has refused to get an IP on boot from my router (it's running using V1 Windows XP Drivers via ndiswrapper).

I just put in the "bad_list" fix and rebooted and it got it's address!

Thanks!!!

[andrius]

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost...3&postcount=27

[viscount]

Sorry about the sloppy post.

# 1, 2, 3 new lines
alias net-pf-10 ipv6 off
alias net-pf-10 off
alias ivp6 off
#alias net-pf-10 ivp6 =========the original line

I notice you have "ivp6" and "ipv6" ...is that a typo?
Which should it be, or is it both just as it appears.

[akurashy]

does this work in breezy? if it does damn im going to try it

[Josef K.]

does this work in breezy? if it does damn im going to try it

I've tried the bad_list trick and seems to work

[xtacocorex]

bad_list file worked.

Thanks for the how-to.

[viscount]

I could be wrong, but I think perhaps if you have no apps that require
or use ipv6 then it gets shut off automatically.

The reason I say that is because this box is a relatively fresh install, and I haven't
messed around with the modules.d yet. However I have switched off ipv6 in Firefoxs
about:config and when I did `ip a | grep inet6` it shows nothing.

Also, my network is very responsive.

$ COUNTER=0
$ time while [ $COUNTER -lt 10 ]; do host www.google.com; let COUNTER=COUNTER+1; done
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.104
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.147
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.99
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.104
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.147
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.99
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.147
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.99
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.104
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.99
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.104
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.147
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.99
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.104
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.147
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.99
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.104
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.147
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.104
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.147
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.99
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.104
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.147
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.99
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.147
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.99
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.104
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.147
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.99
www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.104
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.

real    0m1.220s
user    0m0.027s
sys     0m0.028s

30 looksups and 30 resolves in 1.2seconds? Not bad.

[Danny Boy]

Can someone help me? I just did a fresh install of Breezy. I cannot create a bad_list file.

Also when i try to open the aliases file it opens as read only, I tried doing the old windows trick to change permissions but it's says I'm not the owner. I'm the only account on the computer how can I not be the owner?

What do I do?

[nalmeth]

So from what I think I picked out of this, if ipv6 is affecting your connection, it would cause a 'significant' delay or time out, rather than a cummulative lagging of every connection? Or does it cause a low percentage of lag for every online operation you make? Sounds like I should just keep it on rather than disable.

[dcstar]

Can someone help me? I just did a fresh install of Breezy. I cannot create a bad_list file.

Also when i try to open the aliases file it opens as read only, I tried doing the old windows trick to change permissions but it's says I'm not the owner. I'm the only account on the computer how can I not be the owner?

What do I do?

Use sudo