[SOLVED] Services Dashboard widget showing dhcpv6 after disabling IPv6??

[BnThrDnTht]

I'm of the understanding that the dchpv6 and router advertisement services would no longer be shown in the Dashboard Services widget if IPv6 was disabled.

I've read other threads indicating that was true and to ensure "IPv6 Configuration Type" was set to none on ALL interfaces, but I still see those two services, although they are both stopped.

Am I mistaken or is/are there additional settings I need to disable?
fyi - I did have IPv6 setup and successfully running for a period, but I prefer to run IPv4 only.

Thanks and kind regards for any advice or pointers

Update: Additional info, under Services | ISC DHCPv6 Server there are no interfaces. Services | Router Advertisements is no longer available as well. Interfaces | Settings Allow IPv6 is not checked.

[franco]

The futility of a global "IPv6" kill switch is that no components will actually care unless we make them. I'm not a fan of the setting so I'm drawing a line where we are at with it.

Bottom line: nothing IPv6 gets through the firewall (except IPv6 local inter-process communication) when the setting is on. Everything else has always been cosmetic.


Cheers,
Franco

[BnThrDnTht]

Franco - thanks for the response, much appreciated.

I was finally able to get what I was after, which was cosmetically no longer have the DHCPv6 Server and Router Advertisements showing in the Services widget.

The resolution was to reenable IPv6 as I had it originally, then disable settings in reverse - Router Advertisements (change from assisted to disabled for all interfaces); ISC DHCPv6 (disabled for all interfaces); Interfaces (Change IPv6 Configuration Type to None on all interfaces).

[franco]

Ok, happy to hear it was only that.


Cheers,
Franco