If it's just for ssh(1) and scp(1) you can use ssh_config(5) to force the use of IPv4 based on the destination hostname.
-Kimmo On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Lowell Gilbert < [email protected]> wrote: > Mario Lobo <[email protected]> writes: > > > On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:20:17 -0400 > > Aryeh Friedman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I have a host that for ISP reasons must have a ipv6 addr as well as > >> the ipv4 but the ISP does not offer external ipv6 routing but all the > >> commanes (ssh, ftp, etc.) default to ipv6 and need special options to > >> use 4 is there anyway to force them to always use 4? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> [email protected] mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "[email protected]" > > > > A kick and dirty way would be to comment the line: > > > > options INET6 # IPv6 communications protocols > > > > from your kernel config and recompile. > > That breaks the "must have a ipv6 addr" requirement. > > The way to do this without completely disabling IPv6 used to be to > configure ipv6_prefer, but that appears to have been superseded by > ip6addrctl_policy. > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
