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Debian Linux Disable IPv6 Networking

July 22, 2010July 22, 2010in Debian / Ubuntu, IPv6 last updated July 22, 2010

How do I disable an IPv6 network connection and all its subsystem for my server? I’m having some problem with my GUI program under Debian “Squeeze”, how can I disable IPv6?

Linux: Find Wireless Driver Chipset Information

July 16, 2010January 21, 2015in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Hardware, Linux, Troubleshooting last updated January 21, 2015

How do I find out Wireless driver chipset information under a Linux operating system? How do I get wireless card chipeset information without opening my systems or laptop using a Linux?

HowTo: Linux Play Video CD

May 13, 2010in Linux last updated May 13, 2010

How do I play video cd under Linux operating systems? How do I play .dat file under Linux?

Linux: Configuring RX POLLING (NAPI)

November 27, 2009in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, Linux, Networking, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Troubleshooting, Ubuntu Linux last updated November 27, 2009

My CentOS / RHEL based server is configured with Intel PRO/1000 network interface cards. NAPI (Rx polling mode) is supported in the e1000 driver. I’ve multiple CPUs. How do I configure NAPI, decreasing interrupts and improve overall server network performance?