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Re: Disable ipv6?



On Sun, Oct 25, 2026 at 11:21:06AM -0700, Jeff wrote:
> Hi, Greg,
> 
> Okay, I checked and, on this interface only, ipv6 was not fully disabled on
> my router. Now it is, and I rebooted this NetBSD system. I still see the
> following in ifconfig:
> 
> inet6 fe80::e654:e8ff:fe66:927d%wm0/64 flags 0 scopeid 0x1

That is a link local address and harmless.

> The output from "netstat -nr -f inet6" is quite long.  The entries in the
> Gateway column are '::1', 'lo0', 'link#1', and 'fe80::1'.

Check for a line starting with "default" - you should not have that.
However, the fe80::1 probably points at your router, claiming to
be a IPv6 router, which it isn't (if as you say IPv6 is disabled).

A router that offers a route but then doesn't properly forward IPv6
packets is broken and should be fixed.

Martin


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