Upstream employee Daniel Walsh recommends not disabling the ipv6 module, as that can cause issues with SELinux and other components, but adding the following to /etc/sysctl.conf: net. ipv6 .conf.all. disable _ ipv6 = 1 net. ipv6 .conf.default. disable _ ipv6 = 1 take out the ipv6 localhost from /etc/hosts . Additional Note #3 : To disable RPCBIND ipv6 (rpcbind, rpc.mountd, prc.statd) remark out the udp6 and tcp6 lines in /etc/netconfig: udp tpi_clts v inet udp - - tcp tpi_cots_ord v inet tcp - - #udp6 tpi_clts v inet6 udp - - #tcp6 tpi_cots_ord v inet6 tcp - - rawip tpi_raw - inet - - - local tpi_cots_ord - loopback - - - unix tpi_cots_ord - loopback - - -