How to manually disable IPv6 on Linux
Proton VPN now offers an official Linux app with graphical user interface(new window) and an official Linux CLI(new window). Both these clients have built-in IPv6 leak protection, with no user configuration required.
We recommend using our official Proton VPN apps on Linux. However, it is also possible to manually configure a VPN connection in Linux using the WireGuard or OpenVPN(new window) VPN protocols.
If using a manual VPN connection, we recommend disabling IPv6. The following solution should work for most Debian-based distros.
1) Open Terminal and enter the command:
sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf
2) Add all the lines to the bottom of the file and save it:
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.tun0.disable_ipv6 = 1
3) Now make the system read the file and confirm the changes using this line:
sudo sysctl -p
That’s it! In order to check whether IPv6 was disabled on your computer, you can do an IPv6 leak test here(new window).
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