Re: how to disable 'sending IPv6 router solicitation'

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

On 28/10/2012 14:55, Saifi Khan wrote:
> How to disable 'sending IPv6 router solicitation' ?
>
> I'm using NetBSD current on AMD64 box with Atheros NIC that connects
> to a IPv4 router for DHCP assigned address.
>
> x53u# dhcpcd -d -g -L -n -w re0
>
> I don't want IPv6 and Zeroconf, rather just plain ipv4 DHCP address.

Add noipv6rs to dhcpcd.conf(5)
The next major dhcpcd release will sport the more familiar -4 and -6 
options.

> If i 'reboot' the system, it is able to acquire a ipv4 address, but
> if i boot the system with no networking (consider it no carrier
> available), and later attempt the following
>  # /etc/rc.d/network restart
>  # dhcpcd -d -g -L -n -w re0
> then dhcpcd is not able to acquire the ipv4 address at all.
>
> Any suggestions ?

Don't use -g

Thanks

Roy