IPv6 is the latest version of the internet protocol (IP), the foundation of online communication. While it offers many advantages over IPv4, some users might prefer to disable it. In this detailed ...

If network troubleshooting leads you to believe there's an issue with IPv6, you may need to shut down that protocol on your Linux machines. IPv6 offers a much larger addressing scheme than IPv4, which ...

Recently I came into a situation where all of my virtual machines were failing to reach the WAN. After some troubleshooting, I discovered that, for whatever reason, an update to the router on my ...

You can also disable IPv6 system wide. This requires a few simple entries at the command line that modify a configuration file on your computer. I'll give specific instructions for SUSE 10.x, but a ...

Used to set up a tunnel between server and clients, and does not route all network traffic through it. Uses IPv6 to reduce network collisions when using multiple VPNs. An IPv6 connection is not ...

IPv6, short for Internet Protocol Version 6, is the next-generation protocol designed by the IETF to replace the current version of Internet Protocol, Version 4 (IPv4). Most of today's Internet uses ...

Version 2.6.12 of the Linux kernel is likely to include packet filtering that will work with IPv6, the latest version of the Internet Protocol. Netfilter/iptables, the firewall engine that is part of ...

One of the benefits of the next-generation Internet protocol known as IPv6 is the enhanced privacy it offers over its IPv4 predecessor. With a staggering 2 128 (or about 3.4×10 38) theoretical ...

The IPv6 Workgroup of the Linux Foundation has announced that all major Linux distributions are now in compliance with Department of Defense certification policies, several months after the DoD began ...