On Wed, 8 May 2019 03:55:03 -0400 Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
> > That is a laborius process, taking at least 10x what any of my linux > machines need to reboot. From powerup to login was at least 15 > minutes. Very definitely not right. Maybe it feels outnumbered... > > And I have been to that utility, but it has no place to disable ipv6 > as a whole, has lots of names in the menu I never heard of, and when > I try to give it an ipv4 address, I get to 192.168.71.3 error beep, > error beep, and it will not take an entry past the 3. Now, I am 1st > user, but no place do I recall being asked for admin rights via a > passwd. Not finding a shutdown, I killed it with the power switch > when I gave up for the night. > There's a box for Ethernet adaptor properties, it contains a list of protocols with tickboxes, you should be able to turn off IPv6 and then select IPv4 and click 'Properties'. -- Joe