(De)activate ipv6 on OS X
Ipv6 works pretty well and more content is availible every day. Still, sometimes you want to deactivate it completely - for me my SixXS was dropping too many packets, so I temporarily wanted ipv4 only. On OS X it’s easy to deactivate ipv6.
First, find your network device:
$ networksetup -listallnetworkservices An asterisk (*) denotes that a network service is disabled. Bluetooth DUN Ethernet FireWire Wi-Fi iPhone USB Bluetooth PAN Then deactivate ipv6 on that device:
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