How to disable IPV6 functionality on a specific device in MacOS

by Devin Yang
(This article was automatically translated.)

Published - 7 years ago ( Updated - 7 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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