Configure IPv6 on RED HAT (RHEL) Linux Machine

Now a days Internet is converting the network in IPv6 due to its wide advantages. Here is a guide to convert your convert your RHEL machine to IPv6 Address. After this configuration your RHEL machine support both IPv4 and IPv6 Address.

To configure IPv6 on RHEL machine follow the following steps:

1. ssh to RHEL machine through IPv4 address.

2. First edit file  /etc/sysconfig/network   and make sure that IPv6 networking is enabled by setting NETWORKING_IPV6   to  yes :

NETWORKING=yes           

NETWORKING_IPV6=yes   

HOSTNAME=rsm39           

3. Next step is to configure the network interface.

 To configure the network interface edit the file  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0   and add the IPv6 configuration:

DEVICE=eth0                                                                          

HWADDR=00:0e:0c:f6:87:6c                                            

TYPE=Ethernet                                                              

UUID=324084ef-1248-4736-b4d5-e485797300aa              

ONBOOT=yes                                                              

NM_CONTROLLED=yes                                          

BOOTPROTO=static                                                         

IPADDR=10.216.39.10                                           

NETMASK=255.255.0.0                                          

GATEWAY=10.216.0.1                                            

  IPV6_DEFAULTGW="2001:0ad8:1010:650::1/64"  

IPV6INIT=yes                                                                 

IPV6ADDR="2001:0ad8:1010:650::39/64"                         

USERCTL=no