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peet1
Apr 27, 2017Guide
Disable IPv6 via command?
Is there a simple command to disable ipv6? It seems to like to turn itself back on from time to time and I'd just like to set up a simple script to see if it's enabled, turn it off, then restart a pr...
StephenB
Apr 27, 2017Guru - Experienced User
You just disable it from the network settings wheel in the web ui.
I've never seen it come back on.
jak0lantash
Apr 27, 2017Mentor
StephenB wrote:You just disable it from the network settings wheel in the web ui.
As StephenB said, it's actually better to do this type of configuration via the Web UI. This is also because most config parameters are stored in a database and frequently reapplied to the actual configuration files. So your modifications via CLI may get overwritten by the values from the database (as defined in the Web UI).
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