How to disable IPV6 functionality on a specific device in MacOS

by Devin Yang
(This article was automatically translated.)

Published - 6 years ago ( Updated - 6 years ago )

How to disable or enable IPV6 on your own MacOS, you can use networksetup -listallnetworkservices to list all MacOS network devices, and then execute the disable command.

List all MacOS network devices

networksetup -listallnetworkservices

Will have the following result:

An asterisk (*) denotes that a network service is disabled.
Ethernet
iPad USB
Wi-Fi
iPhone USB
Bluetooth PAN
Thunderbolt Bridge

Disable Disable IPV6 on that device, eg Wifi

networksetup -setv6off Wi-Fi

Re-enable IPV6 on Wi-Fi:

networksetup -setv6automatic Wi-Fi

Tags: MacOS

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