{"id":26026,"date":"2018-10-17T13:26:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T13:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/udsenterprise.com\/how-disable-ipv6-linux-grub\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T12:36:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T12:36:02","slug":"how-disable-ipv6-linux-grub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udsenterprise.com\/en\/how-disable-ipv6-linux-grub\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable IPv6 on Linux via GRUB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first step will be to check that we have <strong>access as super user<\/strong>, to be able to <strong>edit the GRUB<\/strong> file with the text editor and make the changes mentioned below. When the file is opened, the lines GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT =&#8221;&#8221; and GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX =&#8221;&#8221; will appear, which we will have to edit as follows: <\/p>\n<p><strong>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT =&#8221;ipv6.disable=1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX =&#8221;ipv6.disable=1&#8243;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The next step will be to save the changes, close GRUB and <strong>update it by executing the sudo update-grub<\/strong> command. Once this is done, we restart the computer and we will have IPv6 disabled.<\/p>\n<p>In this way, problems to access the WAN and other types of issues related to an incorrect IPv6 configurations will be avoided.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redeszone.net\/2018\/10\/14\/deshabilitar-ipv6-traves-grub-linux-razones-hacerlo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Redes Zone<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>IPv6<\/strong> Internet Protocol is integrated in many <strong>Linux<\/strong> distributions, but if it is not going to be used, it is convenient <strong>to disable it<\/strong> in order to avoid issues derived from inadequate configurations. 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